"Caring, Helpful Man" Kills Stepson, Self

"DALLAS, TX — Bridget Alexander said her husband beat her last month but was trying to make amends with her son early Friday.

"But the peacemaking effort ended in tragedy when Reginald Wayne Brewer, 49, shot his stepson, Charles Antonio Green, 22, and then killed himself.

"`My husband shot him and blew his brains out all over me,` Alexander said. `Then he turned to me and said he didn’t mean to do that.`

"Brewer and Green were talking and smoking cigars at their Red Bird area home just before 1 a.m., she said. Alexander said Brewer apologized, then pulled out a gun and shot Green in the head.

"Brewer sat down for a moment, put the gun down, grabbed his wallet and walked outside their home in the 400 block of Goldwood Drive. A few minutes later he returned, `grabbed the gun and shot himself in the chest,` she said.

"The apparent murder/suicide followed a few instances of domestic violence by Brewer and numerous personal and medical problems. But several longtime friends who knew Brewer said he was a caring, helpful man."

From dallasnews.com...