Posted on 01/04/2012 1:40:07 PM PST by QT3.14
Police shot and killed an armed eighth-grader who "engaged" officers in the main hallway of his middle school on Wednesday, the South Texas school district said.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
“But let’s drop the pretense of cops having anything other than military training or intent.”
Having been an eyewitness to a similar situation (perp with a gun confronted by multiple cops) I can say the “drop the gun” is just a pro forma statement before the cops start blasting away. The kid had about a second to drop it before they started firing.
Boy throws rocks at cars, shot by crossbow
Officer Dino Delimitros says the boy and a friend were throwing rocks in the Linda Vista neighborhood Monday afternoon when a passenger in a black Toyota RAV4 pulled out a crossbow and fired.
The boy was shot in the abdomen and was taken to a hospital. The San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper says his injuries are not life-threatening.
His name and age weren't released.
Nobody has been arrested.
Just thought I'd share.
I barely remember hearing anything like that, but before ever-present cameras and cell phones, enough money could shut things like that up and whisk them under the radar. Several of my family members are reluctant residents of Austin due to their jobs-nothi8ng in Austin surprises...
Oops! “Nothing”
Without going to the SeeBS website, let me make a guess: the eighth grader was 14-15 years old, adult sized and raised in the thug culture.
I bet it was one of Eric Holder’s “Fast and Furious” handguns! Next kid will probably bring an AK to hose them down.
If the kid had the gun in a position to fire, should he have been allowed to shoot first?.....Just asking since the article never said.
Only a fool doesn’t shoot to kill the instant someone points a gun at them.
They went to the school, searched the halls and came across this kid with a hand gun.
The reports I have heard say that they instructed him clearly to put the wepaon down, but that he did not and instead, that he pointed the weapon at them.
In that case, the officers did exactly as they should. You do not wait for someone to bring the gun all the way up and squeeze off a round or more at you and your fellow officers.
Deadly intent is presumed when someone begins to raise a firearm and point it at you. To do otherwise means you might be the one who gets shot.
If this is the case, the police acted appropriately and tragically, the young man was killed. But he was the one in the wrong and representing a deadly threat to others. IMHO, it would have been more tragic for a policee officer, perhaps with wife and kids to be killed, or another innocent student to be killed.
“During a Wednesday press conference, police revealed the weapon Gonzalez was carrying was a pellet gun.”
http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=703800
More from the same report:
“Police radio traffic obtained by Action 4 News reveals that the eighth grade student was shot in the chest and the back of the head.”
http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=703800
Three shots - three hits?? Must be Texas...
If it had been NYC, it would have been 135 shots for three hits...
Just sayin’....
Too bad the kid got shot, but cops are trained to shoot to kill. Who is going to take the time to get close enough to tase him? Not me. What if the tase misses, will the kid/suspect take hostages, etc.
Cops will avoid being target practice whenever possible.
The only thing that could have helped here would have been bean bags from a shotgun or whatever. Of course to use that, would require having good cover and be close enough to effectively hit the kid.
Uh oh.
See #54
Uh oh nothing. All that means is that his Darwin Award is confirmed.
I side with the latter, but losing a child is terrible under any circumstances. The odd part of these gang areas is that “children” (or “teens/youths/underage” in the Lefty media) are many times hardened criminals by middle school.
This isn’t Mayberry with Little League, church socials and lemonade stands, this is a Narco State gone wild across our border.
Wanna bet that only beanbags will be allowed to be used in schools from now on?
And look for Big Sis to put TSA in schools now.
Heard it all before, many times. This should be of no surprise to those paying attention.
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