in afghanistan. he murdered 12 people before taking his own life. one of the dead is 22-year-old cody kaufman. this morning, cody s father was officially notified that cody did not make it out of the bar alive. my first-born son, only him and i know how much i love how much i miss oh, god, this is so oh, son, i love you so much. oh, heavily father, just please. some of the witnesses who survived the shooting say that they are sure that they there would have been more dead if sergeant ron helus did not rush in and exchange fire with the killer. sheriff sergeant eric buschow said, he loved spending time with his son. they would go fishing up in the
know the healing takes time. these are some of the faces of those who lost their lives wednesday night, victims of yet another mass shooting in america. all of my friends were there. as of right now i only know of two that passed away. jason coffman learned that his 22-year-old son cody was killed. my first born son, oh, son i love you so much. alaina housley was only 18 and had just started her freshman year at pepperdine university. her parents describe her as kind, smart, beautiful, and respectful. 23-year-old justin meek was at borderline with his sister, friends say he saved her life and several others before he was shot and killed. shawn adler was also a hero, the 48-year-old was working at borderline, and family members say he tried to disarm the gunman before he was shot. he leaves behind a wife and two
of gun violence in america. we may not know all of who they are just yet, but we know they died far too soon. one of the victims has just been identified, elena hallsly. her aunt and uncle call her an incredible young woman with so much life ahead of her. and jason coffman, whose 22-year-old son, cody, was killed at the borderline bar & grill just broke down when he was sharing the moment he found out his son didn t walk out of there. you all know that i ve been here fighting for him all morning long, and we did just get the news that he was one of the 11 that were killed last night. his name was cody coffman. my first-born son. only he and i know how much i
pittsburgh and here we are again. this is happening too often with me and you and then second early, i was looking today because this has been so near our last mass shooting and i looked at the databases. a mass shooting is defined as 4 or more victims. there have been 11 instances of gunfire that resulted in four victims or more. victims meaning not necessarily fatalities. we have a gun problem in this country, and there s no political willpower to solve it. maybe the house democrats will pass some sort of legislation but everyone knows it s going to die in the senate anyway. and we just continuously have these news events. we offer our thoughts and prayers and then move on to other topics. and it s sad and disheartening and watching this father speak about having to tell his other children that their older brother, his first-born son was not going to be coming home sent chills down my spine as a new father. and i can t imagine ever having to have a conversation like
or any of that. it s like another nightmare on top of the first nightmare. this was a case where i think the family would have been more than happy to believe that carol is still out there somewhere. she s not dead. and their beloved son-in-law is not a killer. but of all mike sr. s family members, perhaps no one was as torn as his namesake first-born son, mike jr., who loved his father unreservedly. followed him into the family painting business, worked side by side with him for decades, and who had confessed to detectives that like his aunt terri, he, too, had doubts about his father. doubts that had taken root shortly after mike sr. s second wife left him. he talked about my stepmother constantly for years. was nonstop. and why was that so significant to you? because he never talked about my mother.