(Update:) Records Indicate Teen Fatally Shot While Running Away

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

http://www.thewpbfchannel.com/news/2605559/detail.html

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But lawyer Robert Montgomery said hospital information indicates the teen "was running away" when he was shot. He said he plans to file a wrongful death suit against Levin.

The neighbor was not charged in the shooting.
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[StClone]

1. Are paranoid people

More likely to need a side arm?

[CarinKaryn]

2. And does having a sidearm

make parinoid people more parinoid?

The answer is obviously yes.

[DoNotRefill]

6. Please back that up with SOME kind of scientific evidence.

eom

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

3. Similar incident: Teen shot in the leg during prank

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031103/NEWS/311030327/1060

CHARLOTTE COUNTY -- A Deep Creek man was arrested Saturday night after police say he shot a 15-year-old boy while the youth was pulling a post-Halloween prank.

Derrick Young, 30, was charged with aggravated battery with a firearm. He remained in the Charlotte County jail Sunday evening without bail.

Police have not released the name of the boy, who was shot in the leg and not seriously injured.

The boy and several friends were dressed in dark costumes and masks when they went to the home of another friend in the 27200 block of Guapore Drive in Deep Creek shortly before midnight Saturday.



When their friend wasn't home, the group knocked on Young's door, said Bob Carpenter, spokesman for the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office.

Young's mother answered the door, but then he got a gun and walked outside, Carpenter said.
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[DoNotRefill]

7. Sounds like this guy...

wasn't scared, he was pissed off. As such, he committed a criminal act, and I hope they get a conviction.

[Romulus]

4. some info to shed light on the issue

Read this entire report, and you will understand what I am talking about:

Physical Lag Times and Their Impact On The Use Deadly Force
Previously published in The Tactical Edge, Spring 1995
By: Captain Michael R. Hillmann, Los Angeles Police Department

http://www.lapdonline.org/general_information/dept_pub_program/physical_lag.htm

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An officer stated during the officer involved shooting interview he discharged his firearm in defense of himself when the suspect was facing him. The forensic evidence indicated however, the bullet track was posterior (back) to anterior (front). Under the specific circumstances, perception time, brain lag and reaction time of the officer, combined with continued movement of the target (suspect), may have accounted for the inconsistency between the officer's initial statement and the actual evidence

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The police officer, in pursuit, perceives the threat (0.1 second), stops, assesses that he is in imminent danger of being shot, decides on the appropriate use of force and makes the decision to shoot (0.6 to 0.8 or more seconds). At this point, the suspect is continuing to move, turn, bend, squat, run, climb, throw, stop etc. In the beat of a heart, the officer makes the decision to shoot, based upon the belief of imminent threat to life. He acquires the target, aligns his front and rear sight and squeezes the trigger twice in rapid succession (1.0 second or more). The suspect falls to the ground shot in the back. Under the circumstances, the officer's perception of the threat, decision to shoot plus actual shooting time, required at least 1.0 second or more to implement. During this period of time the officer observed certain facts and decided on a course of action while the suspect's movement continued. In closer examination, at the time the officer actually commenced shooting one would probably find that the suspect was turning back, toward his left when the bullet(s) impacted . During the post incident, officer interview however, the officer may have recalled he discharged his weapon while the suspect was facing him, when in reality, the suspect actually was in the process of turning away from him.

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[Tom Yossarian Joad]

5. You posted this before.

Why don't you take your guns and watch the Comumbine tapes just released last week. I'm sure you're good at making excuses for them as well.

[Name removed]

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