Youth, 15, Charged in Parents’ Shooting

A 15-year-old youth in Bedford, Tenn., killed his father with a rifle, then shot and wounded his mother when he fired at the bathroom door behind which she was hiding, police said. Matthew Hardrick was captured shortly after the shooting when he crashed his family’s car about 25 miles from home. Police did not say whether they knew of a possible motive. The youth was charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder. Officers learned of the shooting when Eleanor Hardrick, 53, waved over a motorist outside her home. She was bleeding from a bullet wound to the leg and had gashes on her head. Police found the body of James Hardrick, 59, in the living room.