BROWNSVILLE, Texas - 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.
Brownsville school district officials said administrators immediately called police after the student brandished a weapon about 8 a.m., shortly after classes started at Cummings Middle School. When police arrived, the student "engaged" the officers and was shot, district spokeswoman Drue Brown said in an emailed statement.
Kid 'engaged' them with a pellet gun. Also some question about the amount of time between 'drop the gun' and witnesses hearing gunfire.
ReplyDeleteTerrible situation no matter how you look at it.
Terrible situation...? Kid brings a gun to school that looks like EXACTLY like a glock, has a knife in his pocket, and is in a fight at school this morning and we feel sorry for him?
ReplyDeleteI applaud the police for taking action...they had no idea the gun was a pellet gun, they told him to put it down and he refused.
What if this wasn't a gun and the kid shot others. There is a reason they put orange tips on guns...so you know it is a TOY!
Get over it folks and think if your kid was in this school.
8:16 PM
ReplyDeleteWhere do you get your information from? Pro cop junkie.
This story is very disturbing. These kids are scarred for life. I'll cry a river for these children.
ReplyDeleteHis mother, Noralva Gonzalez, showed off a photo on her phone of a beaming Jaime in his drum major uniform standing with his band instructors. Then she flipped through three close-up photos she took of bullet wounds in her son's body, including one in the back of his head.
ReplyDeleteWhy in back of the head? And why they post a picture of a gun instead of the actual gun?
The cops are more disturbed than that kid was. That is how they are "trained"... paranoid schizophrenics that think everyone is a criminal until proven innocent. Obviously they do not know how to handle a child. At least they can justify this one with a pellet gun.
ReplyDeleteJust imagine you were the Police Officer putting your life on the line everyday you go to work. Then think about how you would feel staring down the barrel of a gun, especially with all the gun violence in schools lately. It would very likely appear that the kid was going to kill you if you didn't shoot him first. Just saying the cops have to make decisions in a split second sometimes or it could cost them their life. They also want to go home alive at the end of the day.
ReplyDeleteThats a tough call....he was 5"7' and holding what appeared to be a handgun. I'm of the mind that maybe he was shot too quickly, but that's a judgment call. EVERYONE, including 8th graders, knows that pointing a gun at a cop is a VERY bad thing to do. When the cops show up at a SCHOOL where someone has already threatened people with a weapon, they just can't allow him to walk around and maybe kill another kid (or several, or a teacher or two). They did what they had to do and you can believe that the cops who shot him aren't jumping for joy. Nor are the parents. But if that kid DID have an actual .45 and shot YOUR kid, would you be condemning the cops for NOT shooting him?
ReplyDeleteOfficers shot the teen with assault rifles, the interim police chief said, according to The Brownsville Herald. They will be placed on leave, he told the newspaper, a normal procedure in this type of event.
ReplyDeleteJust saying the cops have to make decisions in a split second sometimes or it could cost them their life.
ReplyDeleteThere was no split second decisions. There was ample time to assess the situation. He was shot because he wouldn't obey commands.
What bothers me most is the shot to the back of his head.
The cops were using rifles, not handguns. They had better aim than with a sidearm.
Two shots went into the boys shoulder and rib cage. Maybe that spun the boy around and then they shot him in back of the head. But why?