A domestic dispute in a Midwest City home turned fatal on April 4, 2024, when 59-year-old Rex Pellerin was shot and killed. Court documents say the confrontation began after the family’s 15-year-old grandson, who was being homeschooled, asked for lunch and the two argued. The teenager told investigators his grandfather had yelled at him, called him a fatty, and slapped him, and said the episode followed a longer history of alleged abuse of the teen, his siblings, and his mother.

According to police reports, the grandson left, returned with Pellerin’s handgun from a bedroom, and shot Pellerin multiple times in the chest. A roommate saw the teen in the living room holding the gun and called 911. Officers found Pellerin in the front yard with several gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The 15-year-old was taken into custody, reportedly confessed, and was arrested on a first-degree murder complaint; his name is withheld because of his age.

What can anyone who knew the family or has information about tensions in the household add to help clarify what happened?