homicidesuicide story stolen from Homicide Life on the Street   In a  approximately two years before movie was released episode of Homicide Life on the Street the plot was almost exactly the same scenario as this urban legend The episode guest starred Steve Allen and the only difference was that instead of the mother shooting at the father the father played by Allen shot at the mother All of the other details were exactly the same including the son landing on an awning that would have saved him In the episode the Medical Examiner tells this story to other Medical Examiners at a convention Possibly this is based on a true story that both the television show and the movie borrowed