Teen Accused of Killing Mom and NFL-Star Dad as They Slept Speaks Out About 2016 Deaths

The child of a previous NFL star is standing up, interestingly, about being blamed for shooting his folks to death in 2016. Another two-hour 20/20 episode — which airs this evening on ABC — highlights selective meetings with Antonio “AJ” Armstrong, Jr., presently 23. Armstrong is confronting his third capital homicide preliminary in the terrible passings of his folks, previous NFL linebacker Antonio Armstrong, Sr., and Day break Armstrong, both 42, after his initial two preliminaries brought about hung juries.

Armstrong has argued not blameworthy to the charges against him. Watch Individuals’ restrictive clasp from this evening’s 20/20 episode beneath.

In this evening’s episode, Armstrong tells journalist Matt Gutman that he was in “finished shock” subsequent to being charged in the horrifying wrongdoings when he was just 16 years of age.

“It’s basically impossible that conceivable. I was unable to try and understand killing my folks,” Armstrong says.

He additionally examines what he guarantees truly occurred inside the house that evening.
On July 29, 2016, the couple were found shot to death in bed as they dozed inside their Houston home. Police immediately focused on Armstrong as an essential suspect, and examiners contended that AJ’s folks had been reproving him frequently for less than stellar scores, lying, and remiss conduct in the months paving the way to the killings.

The evening of their demises, Armstrong supposedly called police around 1:40 a.m. saying he’d heard shots and saw a covered man inside the home, the Houston Narrative detailed at that point.

At the point when police showed up, they tracked down no indications of constrained passage except for saw a .22-type gun, as well as an unusual note, on the kitchen counter, the power source detailed. The contents of the note has not been delivered by specialists.

Armstrong was accused of capital homicide regarding the killings. He has argued not liable to all charges and “unyieldingly [denies] that he has carried out these killings,” as his protection lawyer, Rick Detoto, recently told Individuals. His next retrial is scheduled for February 2023. 20/20 airs on Friday, January 6 (9-11:00 p.m. EST) on ABC, and the next day on Hulu.