Teenager shoots parents because they did not let him look up a Bible verse. Okay, well that's a new one!

Courtesy of the Ledger-Enquirer:  

In court Monday, police said the teenager accused of opening fire on his parents Friday evening was angry that they insisted he do his chores instead of looking up a Bible verse for a female friend who had told him she wanted to be “saved." 

Detective Amanda Hogan said the 15-year-old felt his mission to find the right verse for his friend took priority over the list of chores his parents maintained for him, and when they insisted Thursday that he stick to the list, his pent-up rage grew overnight Thursday and continued to build all day Friday while he was at school. 

So he went to his parents’ night stand where he knew they kept a 9mm pistol, took the gun and hid the gun in his room, Hogan said. When his parents got home from work Friday, he first went to the bathroom, then stepped into his bedroom, got the gun, came out and opened fire, the officer said. 

In a telephone interview Tuesday, (Pastor) Bailey said the conflict grew from the parents' asking the teen to bag up an old bed comforter to take to Goodwill after the couple bought him new bedding. They repeatedly had requested he get the old comforter ready to deliver, and on Friday, the boy told his father he had completed the chore, Bailey said. 

The pastor said no exchange of harsh words preceded the shooting: "There wasn't a heated argument. There wasn't any serious strife or conflict." 

The child's stepmother, 45, was shot through the right wrist, and a bullet lodged in her right abdomen, Hogan said. The father, 40, was hit in the right hip, Hogan said in court Monday. 

When police got the 5:54 p.m. call to the family’s Olde Towne Drive home, they were told the boy still had his parents at gunpoint, so officers did not go charging in, Hogan said. But then the father got the gun away from the teen, and the mother came outside to tell police what had happened, the detective said. 

Okay let's see here.

Two loving heterosexual parents?

Check.

Religion in the household?

Check.

Structured environment?

Check.

Access to the Good Book?

Check.

Hmm, well that pretty much covers all of the things that certain people say leads to violence in our culture,

Gee, what am I missing?

What ONE THING could they have changed, or removed, that would have kept his parents from being shot?

Wait, don't tell me! I'm sure it will come to me eventually.