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(16,176 posts) Thu Sep 15, 2016, 04:58 AM Sep 2016

Ohio boy, 13, shot and killed by police after pulling out BB gun [View all]

Source: New York Daily News

A 13-year-old Ohio boy was shot and killed by police after pulling a BB gun from his waistband while officers were trying to place him under arrest, authorities said.

Tyree King was shot multiple times after police responded to an armed robbery call in east Columbus around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday.

Cops arrived on the scene and matched the caller's description of the suspects with King and two other young males standing next to him. As officers approached the group, King and one other suspect fled on foot with officers trailing them into an alley.

When the officers attempted to arrest the duo, King allegedly pulled out a firearm, triggering one cop to open fire.Investigators later found the firearm King had pulled was in fact a BB gun with an attached laser scope.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ohio-boy-13-shot-killed-police-pulling-bb-gun-article-1.2792973

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Ohio boy, 13, shot and killed by police after pulling out BB gun [View all] lostnfound Sep 2016 OP

"Shot multiple times." Can we ban BB guns, or does the NRA stand in the way of that, too? lostnfound Sep 2016 #1

No video so it won't get the attention that Tamir Rice case,received lostnfound Sep 2016 #2

I used to roam the streets with an air rifle when I was 13. EL34x4 Sep 2016 #7

Are you seriously proposing to ban BB guns, or is that a rhetorical question? benEzra Sep 2016 #30

I'm seriously asking how can we stop kids from getting executed for a legal object on their person lostnfound Sep 2016 #33

Thoughts... benEzra Sep 2016 #39

But they don't care about legal gun owners being killed. oneshooter Sep 2016 #42

Who is "they"? lostnfound Sep 2016 #45

Many on this board would be happy if legal gun owners were killed. n/t oneshooter Sep 2016 #47

Lots of good, worthwhile thoughts lostnfound Sep 2016 #46

guns per capita Enrique Sep 2016 #3

agree. So if we can't get rid of guns, can we ban the lookalikes? lostnfound Sep 2016 #4

BB guns lostnfound Sep 2016 #5

here's the thing.... Locrian Sep 2016 #6

Exactly. Who knows whether to believe them, if they routinely allow cover ups by their peers? lostnfound Sep 2016 #10

You claim to reflexively not believe the cops -- unless it's about guns. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2016 #14

Chicago has long had one of the lowest rates of legal gun ownership in the United States. benEzra Sep 2016 #40

This is why vest cameras can help good cops also Tom Rinaldo Sep 2016 #12

Absolutely philosslayer Sep 2016 #41

I don't understand why a BB gun is considered a toy. I wouldn't want to stand in front of that toy Sunlei Sep 2016 #8

Actual BB guns aren't toys. Airsoft plastic-pellet guns *can* be toys, but aren't always. benEzra Sep 2016 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author XemaSab Sep 2016 #9

Police statement on it and Atlantic Monthly article about it lostnfound Sep 2016 #11

person who fled with Tyreewas not taken into custody lostnfound Sep 2016 #13

Epidemic of gun violence and epidemic of bad parenting Blandocyte Sep 2016 #15

Police lie... MrScorpio Sep 2016 #16

Interesting Opinion:"why I don't believe a word police say immediately after they kill someone" mackdaddy Sep 2016 #17

local tv station & paper have some info irisblue Sep 2016 #18

Why didn't his parents teach him right from wrong? Taitertots Sep 2016 #19

You're not supposed to ask this question. EL34x4 Sep 2016 #20

No. It isn't, and that wasn't the point. The points re lostnfound Sep 2016 #23

Maybe society can do more to support better parenting Blandocyte Sep 2016 #25

Not just better parenting but better neighboring, better mentoring lostnfound Sep 2016 #29

I can't believe the police version of events Bradical79 Sep 2016 #21

+1, we've now been conditioned not to believe them seeing some cities don't have good leadership uponit7771 Sep 2016 #35

Someone Needs to Ask Walmart to Stop Carrying These Weapons eringer Sep 2016 #22

That's awful - $12. lostnfound Sep 2016 #24

Gun Image Warning bighart Sep 2016 #26

Unbelievable. It's got a lot of replica features of a real pistol that a B.B. gun doesn't need. Calista241 Sep 2016 #27

Crazy how "real" they look. bighart Sep 2016 #28

This isn't a toy; you may be thinking of plastic-pellet-shooting Airsoft guns, benEzra Sep 2016 #32

I get carded when I buy practice arrows XemaSab Sep 2016 #34

Thanks, BenEzra, for that instructive short discussion of types of BB guns etc. ColemanMaskell Sep 2016 #36

bighart, wow, thanks for the illustration and information ColemanMaskell Sep 2016 #37

Would it have been "okay" if the kid had a real gun? Or if the kid was 6 years old? ColemanMaskell Sep 2016 #38

Those are troubling questions as is the fact that the other wasn't arrested lostnfound Sep 2016 #48

The other kid was 19 ColemanMaskell Sep 2016 #49

Asking people for money while armed with a realistic looking weapon is LisaL Sep 2016 #50

Fair enough if the kid had been brought to trial instead of executed extrajudicially ColemanMaskell Sep 2016 #51

"executed extrajudicially" EX500rider Sep 2016 #55

I knew a guy that lost an eye to a BB gun TexasBushwhacker Sep 2016 #43

So many wrongs here. romanic Sep 2016 #44

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2016 #52

Yep and there's been so little media coverage of it lostnfound Sep 2016 #53

I have to admit--the BB gun sure looks real.... riversedge Sep 2016 #54