2 Retired Cops Shoot and Kill Own Sons 4 Months Apart [updt 2018]

Both times the cops mistook their sons for burglars:

• July 2012: Former New York Police Captain Mistakenly Shoots, Kills Son, after mistaking him for an intruder

• The other day: Retired Chicago cop fatally shoots son after mistaking him for burglar

Both involved legally-owned guns, and obviously very well trained gun owners.

Related: One hell of a list of stats from the The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence:

A gun in the home is 22 times more likely to be used in a completed or attempted suicide (11x), criminal assault or homicide (7x), or unintentional shooting death or injury (4x) than to be used in a self-defense shooting. (Kellermann, 1998, p. 263).

Updated, 2018:

More (father shoots and kills son mistaken for burglar, 2012).

More (father shoots and kills daughter mistaken for burglar, 2013).

More (father shoots and kills daughter mistaken for burglar, 2014).

More (mother shoots and kills daughter mistaken for burglar, 2015).

More (father shoots and kills son mistaken for burglar, 2016).

More (family member shoots and kills teen mistaken for burglar, 2017).

More (husband shoots and kill wife mistaken for burglar, 2017).