Lawyer Will Not Pursue Case Against Prince William

Update Wednesday
The lawyer representing the family who lost two children and their mother to gunshot wounds in 2009 says he will not pursue a civil case against Prince William County.

Kevin Lockland represented Kevin Kirk after a former Prince William County Park Ranger, Carillo Dean, shot and killed his 13-year-old son Connor, 15-year-old daughter Brittany, and his 45-year-old ex-wife Elizabeth inside of their Triangle home.

“I’ve spoken with the paramedics who worked the night of the shooting, and with the doctors at the hospital and learned that Brittany suffered a non-recoverable wound,” said Lockland.

Kirk has long argued that police and fire and rescue responders had a delayed arrival to the Triangle home where Dean committed the shootings, and that delay cost Brittany her life.

Once inside, a police officer found Connor and Elizabeth dead from gunshot wounds, but Brittany still clinging to life. She later died at an area hospital.

Lockland says he’ll take the case in an effort to get a civil judgment against Dean, if it will help Kirk in the grieving process.

Original Post 9:40 a.m. Tuesday
The father of two children shot and killed by a former Prince William park ranger says law enforcement is protecting one of their own by not seeking a death sentence.

Carillo Dean was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences without the chance of parole Friday in the 2009 shooting deaths of 13-year-old Connor Kirk, 15-year-old Brittany Kirk, and their mother, 45-year-old Elizabeth Dean inside of their Triangle home.

The father of two children and ex-husband to Elizabeth Dean, Kevin Kirk, plans to file a civil suit against the county.

‘They are protecting each other, and that’s OK. But this is not over, people. This is far from over,” said Kirk following Dean’s sentencing.

Dean in December admitted to the killings, and the victim’s family was hoping for a death penalty conviction. But that didn’t happen after doctors who evaluated Dean said he couldn’t say why he killed his wife and two step children.

Prince William County Commonwealth Attorney Paul Ebert –– the prosecutor with the most death row-convictions in the Virginia –– after speaking with doctors decided not to seek the death penalty.

“It’s one of the most horrible and tragic cases we’ve had in this jurisdiction, and I thought long and hard when I decided not to seek the death penalty, based on what the doctors had to say,” said Ebert.

He called the case “hard to understand,” that it “baffled doctors” and said that hopefully time would heal the family’s wounds.

Ebert called Dean a “pseudo cop,” and said he understood it is against policy for a county park ranger to carry a gun while on duty.

Following the shooting, Dean called 911 and asked to speak with a supervisor on duty, but then hung up and then called a non-emergency number and once more asked to speak with a supervisor.

Connor and Elizabeth were dead, but Brittany still clung to life as a dispatcher looked up the name of a supervisor Dean knew from his time as a park ranger, according to court records.

The supervisor, a now-retired police officer, was paged and then called Dean at his home, where Dean told him to come to his house for an “emergency,” according to court records.

When the lone officer arrived, Dean told him he had shot his family. The officer went inside to find Elizabeth Dean and Connor dead, but Brittany was still clinging to life, according to court records.

She was flown to a hospital where she died hours later.

Kirk says he may never be able to forgive Dean for what he’s done, and plans to haunt him during his time in prison.

“When he first killed my children and ex-wife we heard from a lot of children and our friends, and we decided that once he was sentenced to prison we would travel to that prison, ask to see him –– he doesn’t have to come down to see us, but we still will go –– and ask him ‘why did you kill my [expletive] kids?”’