San Diego police killed boy, 15, in school parking lot

[sarisataka]

Source: ABC

Police shot and killed a 15-year-old student Saturday after he pointed a BB gun at them in a high school parking lot, authorities said.

The Torrey Pines High School student called 911 shortly before 3:30 a.m. to ask officers to check on the welfare of an unarmed boy in front of the school, according to a police statement.

He didn't name the boy, but investigators later determined he was referring to himself, police said.

When two officers arrived, they spotted a youth in the front parking lot. But as they got out of their patrol cars, he pulled a gun from his waistband and pointed it at an officer, police said.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/san-diego-police-killed-boy-15-school-parking-47249839

[angstlessk]

1. Sure he did!

[diane in sf]

2. Could have been suicide by cop, it happens.

[JI7]

3. exactly what it sounds like

[FLPanhandle]

4. He called the police on himself and pulled out what looked like handgun when they arrived

Looks like suicide by cop.

[maveric]

5. It really sounds like SBC.

He called SDPD for a welfare check. When the cops arrived he pull the B B gun out and walked toward them. Sadly they responded with gunfire.
Can't they use non-lethal ammo?

[LisaL]

6. How is that going to work if they thought he had a real gun?

[Get Off Of My Cloud]

7. Oh, you know.

They shoot that Magic Fairy Dust round that renders the victim harmless

And shouldn't the headline be......

"Person commits suicide in spite of pleas by LEO not to do it"

But I suppose this will go down as a "school shooting" because it happened in a school parking lot

[OrwellwasRight]

11. You do know that non-lethal ammo knocks people on their ass, right?

So he would no longer be pointing the gun at the cops.

That being said, I don't have information on how well lit the place was, whether any de-escalation tactics were tried, or anything else. Just that non-lethal ammo can defuse a threat effectively with force but without death being the outcome.

Try listening to this: https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/what-cops-arent-learning/

Or reading some of these links: https://www.themarshallproject.org/records/1220-de-escalation-training#.HvBhrpVww

[Kaleva]

14. If it did, it would knock the shooter on his ass too.

For every action, there an equal and opposite reaction

[OrwellwasRight]

16. I don't see the cops going down, just the peeps being shot.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=non+leathal+rounds&&view=detail&mid=27E9934790C82C52FA9E27E9934790C82C52FA9E&rvsmid=D2ED49C11116B65D17C0D2ED49C11116B65D17C0&fsscr=-2310&FORM=VDFSRV

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[cstanleytech]

8. According to the article they responded first by ordering him to put it down and he ignored them

assuming they arent lying which I havent seen any evidence that shows otherwise but its early yet so a witness or some video might actually turn up that does refute the officers claims but I wouldnt be willing to bet on that as alot of people would be rushing to sell such a video the media fast if they had it.

[yardwork]

10. Not if they want to survive.

[tblue37]

9. Pretty sure it was exactly that. Apparently the kid himself called for the police. nt

[OrwellwasRight]

15. Cops don't have to cooperate.

https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/what-cops-arent-learning/

[RedWedge]

13. This is a sad, sad story.