Another suicide by cop....

[Capn Jack]

Two San Diego police officers shot and killed a 15-year-old boy who pointed a BB air pistol at one of them.

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[P7M13]

I wouldn't call that suicide by cop.
I'd speculate he's a Darwin award recipient or a "D.A.R.E" poster child.
At 15, I used to get up and go to work at 3am. The only others who were awake at that time were either high, in gangs, or going to work like me.
I would look for drugs in the kid's blood.

My condolences to the responding officers and kid's family.

 

[Outrider]

It could also be a kid with a developmental disability.

Years ago, a kid in Vegas who was mentally and emotionally challenged was walking around near a school with a BB rifle. People called the police. When the police arrived, the kid thought they were playing cops and robbers. It was not a good situation for anyone involved.

 

[Jim Colvill]

Police believe the caller was the boy himself, Holden said.

If true that would lead me to believe Suicide By Cop. That seems to be on the uptick.

 

[nammac]

I'll reserve comment until all the details are in...

 

[U8395279]

It could also be a kid with a developmental disability.

Years ago, a kid in Vegas who was mentally and emotionally challenged was walking around near a school with a BB rifle. People called the police. When the police arrived, the kid thought they were playing cops and robbers. It was not a good situation for anyone involved.

Well, but in this case, it was the kid himself, who phoned police, and asked them to come to the school's parking lot. That is not at all typical, and does come across as being rather suicidal behavior.

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[nammac]

Well, but in this case, it was the kid himself, who phoned police, and asked them to come to the school's parking lot. That is not at all typical, and does come across as being rather suicidal behavior.

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With this I can agree... My biggest question at the moment is: why is a 15 year old out at 3:30 AM? Where in Gods name was his adult supervision?

 

[clearconscience]

This is why I firmly believe and have always said I wish they would start holding crappy parents responsible for their ish-head children.

Most of these garbage youth who end of POS's have worthless parents/broken homes.

 

[Member 5605]

With this I can agree... My biggest question at the moment is: why is a 15 year old out at 3:30 AM? Where in Gods name was his adult supervision?

In prison, like his daddy before him.

 

[Flopsweat]

With this I can agree... My biggest question at the moment is: why is a 15 year old out at 3:30 AM? Where in Gods name was his adult supervision?

At 15 I could leave the house without being detected. It's very believable to me that he could have been out without permission.

So sad either way. Things that we can shake off as adults used to seem like the end of the world at that age, but it's so hard to get that across to them. Poor kid. Rest in peace.

 

[Camelfilter]

At 15 I could leave the house without being detected. It's very believable to me that he could have been out without permission...

Same, BUT my folks knew me & what type of trouble I was into (harmless "standard" / "normal" teen stuff)...

 

[11Charlie]

I used to push my car out of the driveway and down the hill at 16 so my parents wouldn't hear me leave or sneak out of the house.

Either way it is sad that this happened. God help all involved.