NY man admits shooting infant son to death in front of state trooper, faces 25 years to life
By APThursday, September 30, 2010
NY man admits fatal standoff shooting of baby son
UTICA, N.Y. — A 21-year-old central New York man has pleaded guilty to shooting his 3-month-old son to death in front of a state trooper.
Adam Theall of Rome wept and had to sit down several times as he admitted Thursday to killing his baby son Eithen with a shotgun in June.
Theall told an Oneida (oh-NY’-duh) County judge he’d been partying with a friend the night before and was high on drugs when he grabbed a loaded shotgun from his mother’s home and confronted police who were responding to a domestic disturbance report.
Theall was shot more than a dozen times by troopers when he refused to put down the weapon after shooting the child.
He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and faces 25 years to life in prison when he’s sentenced on Nov. 18.
