| Updated: 4/05/2009 11:23 pm |
Published: 4/05/2009 9:41 pm
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Police are investigating the murder of a South Tulsa teen. They say another teenager shot and killed 18-year-old Kaitlyn Finnegan Saturday night.
Fox 23’s Marianly Mendez spoke to Finnegan’s parents.
“It's not supposed to happen that your child dies before you do,” Jeanne Finnegan said between sobs.
She was their oldest and only daughter. Jeanne and Jim are trying to accept that she’s gone.
“It's hard to see your daughter in the hospital and you can't even touch her," Jim Finnegan said.
His daughter died at the hospital before he could say goodbye.
“I don't understand how it could happen, why it happened. It doesn't make sense- kids with guns," Jim said.
Tulsa police told Fox 23 the Bishop Kelly High School student was shot at a friend’s house. No one called police after the shooting; instead a friend drove her to the hospital.
Officers arrested 17-year-old Theo Fleming on a first-degree murder complaint. They say he shot Kaitlyn.
Her parents say the two were beginning to date.
“He knew what he was doing. He had a gun. He knew what a gun would do. To point it at her and pull the trigger, just to be screwing around. He still should go to jail for murder," Jeanne said.
The family is hoping help from above will carry them through it.
"I miss her a lot. This is a bad dream," Jim said.
Kaitlyn's family says they will set up a memorial fund for funeral expenses.
The suspect, Theo Fleming was booked as an adult and is in Tulsa County Jail.
