DAMASCUS, Va. — About 50 to 60 people were injured Saturday when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small Virginia mountain town.NEW FAIRFIELD, Conn. – A man fatally shot a masked teenager in self-defense outside his neighbor’s house during what appeared to be an attempted late-night burglary and then discovered it was his son, state police said.
Police identified the dead boy as 15-year-old Tyler Giuliano, who was shot about 1 a.m. Thursday in New Fairfield, a town along the New York line.
A woman who was alone in the house believed someone was breaking in and called the teen’s father, who lives next door, and he grabbed a gun and went outside to investigate, police said.
The father confronted someone wearing a black ski mask and black clothing and then fired his gun when the person went at him with a shiny weapon in his hand, police said.
When police officers arrived, the father was sitting on the grass next to the woman’s home and the teen was lying in the driveway with gunshot injuries.
The teen was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.
“All in all, it’s a tragedy,” state police spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance said.
The teen’s father, Jeffrey Giuliano, a fifth-grade teacher, hasn’t returned a message seeking comment on what happened.
