“When did Christopher change from a seven or eight year old sitting around the pool to an 11-12-13 year old running around with guns?” he asked, incredulously. Everything was normal until one of the kids said something really nasty about one of the mothers, the source said. From that point on, it was war played out on the streets of southeast Fort Wayne.

It could have gone another way, if the bullets had hit their mark. But as it is, the probable cause affidavit is scary enough. Just before midnight July 10, Wyat Michael Prichard, 19, is accused of threatening to kill his girlfriend’s family members, according to a probable cause affidavit written by Allen County Sheriff’s Deputy Z. Filipiak.