Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Two brothers, ages 14 and 20, were killed by their father Sunday night in Washington Township, N.J. Today, the staff of The Record (of Hackensack, N.J.) gives extensive coverage to the tragedy:

"Questions amid the shock":

Why?

It makes no sense to Thomas Frazza's neighbors, or to John and Kevin Frazza's friends, or to the neighbor who remembers the Frazza family laughing as they walked to the beach from their summer home. ...

"Student's fun-loving spirit was his hallmark":

A day after John Frazza's grisly death -- at the hands of his own father, -- his friends clung fiercely to memories of the Ramapo College student as a do-gooder and jokester. ...

"Quick with a joke, skilled with hockey stick":

Kevin Frazza loved hockey, classic rock music and junk food.

He was sweet and funny, a happy 14-year-old who was as well-liked by his peers as he was by his teachers. ...

"In one stark moment, online diaries turn digital memorials":

John Frazza's page at the social networking site facebook.com identifies him as a fan of "Family Guy," and "Lord of the Rings."

That page and a similar profile at myspace.com sketch a portrait of a typical 20-year-old obsessed with typical things: music, sports, girls.

But the tone of the pages took a sudden somber turn Tuesday as word spread that Frazza and his brother, Kevin, 14, had been fatally shot by their father overnight. ...