Boy, 11, killed by dad in airport murder-suicide – essay he wrote months before is heartbreaking
In the wake of the shooting at Elko Regional Airport, Callan West Perez’s family is left clinging to memories instead of a future. They remember a boy who was “smart, funny, and kind,” a child whose smile “lit up every room,” and who once proudly wrote about his father for a “Father of the Year” essay contest, never imagining how his story would end.
Now, as loved ones struggle through shock and rage, they are also confronting the cruel irony that the person meant to protect Callan is the one police say took his life. With a GoFundMe set up in his honor, relatives are trying to cover costs and create some small legacy from the wreckage. Their words echo a pain that doesn’t fade: a life stolen, a future erased, and a family forced to live with questions that will never truly be answered.