Lance Butterfield's friends are together today, as they are always.
They're reminiscing about their lifelong friend, who many refer to as Butter,
a young man who they look to for support.
If you're having a bad day, you look at Lance, and you're happy again, because he's so wonderful.
But now today, the man who gives support is getting it from classmates.
They know him as a great athlete who cares about people.
They don't know him as the teen who could commit a murder.
There's a person that just came out of him, and he has to live with that,
but that would be worse.
He's still better in my eyes. I don't look at him any different.
But things are different for Butterfield now.
He faces a murder charge for fatally shooting his father in their home yesterday.
Residents in this quiet neighborhood are still trying to figure out why the shooting happened at the Butterfields,
and police are also trying to find an answer to that question.
He wrote a written confession, but nowhere in the confession did he state any kind of motive.
That's what's got all of us puzzled.
Perhaps it's not so puzzling for those who know him best.
And I know Lance had a lot of hurt.
I know he hurt a lot because he's talked to us all about his hurt.
And I know that there's a lot of stuff that hasn't come out that will come out.
Through the investigation, there's been no indication of any previous abuse or anything.
Two different pictures of the same young man, yet no clear understanding of what happened or why.
Do we love him?
Deborah Damiano, Texas News 5.
Thank you.