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[KRGV News] 15-year-old Student dies after shooting at a middle school

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  1. Rocket River

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    I am awaiting more details
    if they come

    Rocket River
     
    #21 Rocket River, Jan 4, 2012
  2. McNultyisDrunk

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    Wow..the kid was brandishing a pellet gun like it was the real thing.

    http://news.yahoo.com/police-student-killed-officers-had-pellet-gun-231453248.html
     
    #22 McNultyisDrunk, Jan 4, 2012
  3. mateo

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  5. RoxSqaud

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    How do the cops not ask the kid if it's just a pellet gun?
     
    #25 RoxSqaud, Jan 4, 2012
  6. DaDakota

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    Yeah you are correct, he might have just turned 15......or he might be close to 16....one would be 2 years, the other only 1.

    DD
     
    #26 DaDakota, Jan 4, 2012
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    Lol, or why didnt the kid just put the gun down?
     
    #27 SuperBeeKay, Jan 4, 2012
  8. Xsatyr

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    Really?
     
    #28 Xsatyr, Jan 4, 2012
  9. redwhiteone

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    This is a sad one indeed.

    But the officers had to do their duty. I hope the police exercised maximum tolerance on the kid. If lives are in jeopardy then the kid needed to go.
     
    #29 redwhiteone, Jan 4, 2012
  10. RedRedemption

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    Could they not have shot him with a taser? Or have thrown tear gas or a non-lethal explosive in the room? Such a senseless waste of life; I'm not blaming the cops, they did what they thought was right...
     
    #30 RedRedemption, Jan 4, 2012
  11. Yonkers

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    You're absolutely correct. Right after they ask how much the kid weighs.
     
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  12. Yonkers

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    Yeah, but if it was a real gun and the kid squeezed off a few and killed someone then people would have doubted the cops another way. After Columbine they're not taking chances. They gave the kid plenty of opportunity to respond.
     
    #32 Yonkers, Jan 4, 2012
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    This post reeks of old fat guy.
     
    #33 RoxSqaud, Jan 4, 2012
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    You realize tasers do not work on everyone right? Tear gas and a non-lethal explosives will not prevent him from firing shots off. Also it was in the hallway and students were in classrooms near him. Bottom line the kid refused to lower his weapon, do you wait until he shoots?
     
    #34 Xsatyr, Jan 4, 2012
  15. Yonkers

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    Why don't you start a new thread about that? Oh wait
     
    #35 Yonkers, Jan 4, 2012
  16. RoxSqaud

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    Lizzow Blizzow.
     
    #36 RoxSqaud, Jan 4, 2012
  17. Bandwagoner

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    could the gunman speak English?
     
    #37 Bandwagoner, Jan 4, 2012
  18. DaDakota

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    Why shoot torso? Shoot leg......this is horrible a pellet gun, really? Come on the officers are supposed to have training...

    DD
     
    #38 DaDakota, Jan 5, 2012
  19. Xsatyr

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    So shooting the leg would stop the kid from shooting a gun??? Also cops are trained to shoot center mass.
     
    #39 Xsatyr, Jan 5, 2012
  20. Yonkers

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    You watch too many movies. Why not just expect them to shoot the gun out of the kid's hand?
     
    #40 Yonkers, Jan 5, 2012
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