Masked teen killed by father in Connecticut had a knife

	Masked teen killed by father in Connecticut had a knife NEW FAIRFIELD -- Tyler Giuliano had no trouble with the law. The teenager loved flying small planes as a Civil Air Patrol cadet and seemed happy as he played an online game with friends Wednesday night. But hours later, authorities say, Tyler was outside wearing a black ski mask and wielding a knife when he was shot by his father, who thought he was a prowler. No immediate charges were brought against Jeffrey Giuliano, a popular fifth-grade teacher, in the slaying of 15-year-old Tyler, who was gunned down in his aunt's driveway next door to his own home in New Fairfield around 1 am Thursday. "It's something out of a Hollywood script," said John Hodge, the first selectman, or top elected official, in the town of nearly 14000 people about 50 miles from New York City. He said he couldn't recall another killing in his eight years on the job. State police spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance said the boy had never been in trouble with the law, and some of those who knew him described him as a good kid with an easygoing personality. Investigators and acquaintances said they were at a loss to explain what he was doing outside dressed all in black and carrying a weapon. "Certainly, that is the major question we are trying to answer at this point," Vance said. State police said the shooting happened after Jeffrey Giuliano got a call from his sister next door saying that someone might be trying to break into her home in their neighborhood of attractive colonial-style houses. Giuliano <b>...</b>	From: NewsLlVE Views: 2 0 ratings
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