Woman leaves work for emergency, later allegedly shot by son
ST. HELENS, Ore. - Police say a woman was shot by her son in their home just outside of town Sunday. The son is being held in the county jail, but those close to the family say the two are close and believe the shooting was accidental.
Some friends call Robert Terry a "mamma's boy" and are shocked this has happened.
The sheriff of Columbia County says it is a possibility that Robert shot his mother accidentally, but for now they are still investigating the incident as a crime.
Investigators say Robert, who is 21, is also the one who barricaded himself in their house for nearly five hours after the shooting. He finally gave himself up just before 10 p.m. Sunday.
His mom, Dana, is still in the hospital with a gunshot wound to her stomach. Her friends and co-workers say she is coherent and getting better. They say a couple of Robert's friends came to her work, Ace Hardware, yesterday, warning her about an emergency at home.
"She was led to believe there was an emergency at her house. And not too long after she left, police vehicles started going by here. So I was quite concerned for her," said Dana's friend and co-worker Linda Durfee. "Being the mother that she is, she's a very mother-handy person, she takes care of her kids and her grandkids. She left immediately after being excused from work. ... It was a terribly frightening day. Actually, it was horrendously scary."
No one close to the family imagined he would shoot his mother.
"I don't feel he did it to hurt his mom on purpose. Maybe there was an argument, and she was trying to get the gun from him," said Anita Stickler, another friend of Dana's. "I don't know, but I really honestly do not feel like he would purposely hurt his mother."
The sheriff's office did recover a gun from the house, along with other evidence. And according to the sheriff's office, deputies only dealt with Dana and Robert Terry once, four years ago, for a minor in possession.
One of Robert's friends did say he tends to get depressed and had even texted her he needed someone to talk to. Robert Terry will likely make his first court appearance tomorrow.
he can talk all he wants to his cellmate in prison. hopefully that will help him get over his depression. he was probably depressed because mommy wouldn't give him gas money for his crappy little "race car".
 @arnold Lol Okay so I found out who you are... your the crack head living by him hahaha Its funny how much you have to say about him, when really you should be looking at your own life, Being a troll on the internet might make you feel better, but doesn't make you any better,
" but those close to the family say the two are close and believe the shooting was accidental. Some friends call Robert Terry a "mamma's boy" and are shocked this has happened."
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They're as nutty as he is. And how do you "accidentally" load a gun? Did the ammo fall into it? Did it magically load itself?
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Poor kid is schizophrenic. And a murderer. Those two things.
 @I_Miss Why didn't he accidentally shoot himself?
 @I_Miss Who did he murder ??? I missed that part.
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So is the gun nut answer to this that she should have been carrying and shot her son first?
The smile on his face says a lot.
Talk about a manic personality.
In a different news story it has a neighbor saying she was walking her son when he came screaming down the road in his car. She told him to slow down he allegedly told her (while knowing who she was) "we don't care about your kids." Anita Stickler needs to join reality. She's a whole lotta maybe's that don't have much foundation in facts. Maybe she was trying to get the gun from him. Maybe he meant to do it. Maybe he's a cannibal serial killer pedophile. Maybe he's the antichrist. The fact of the matter is this: He shot his mother, then he barricaded himself from the cops for 5 hours. His life is done and he needs to go to a big concrete house run by the state to protect we the people from him.Â
Two questions. If this was an accident, why did he barricad himself in the house for 5 hours? And is Robert smiling in the police photo?.( I am guessing it is a police photo due to the background)
 @justsayn' Probably barricaded himself because he was scared.