Kid hits cop in the head with a bat at school, cop shoots back and kills

[Davtown]

17 year old sophomore..... nice.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...tory?track=rss

Originally Posted by LA TIMES

A Fresno high school sophomore was shot dead by a campus police officer Wednesday after he struck the officer in the head with a bat inside the school, Fresno police said.

The officer fired on the 17-year-old boy at least once as he struggled to regain his footing after being knocked to the ground, Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer told reporters at an afternoon news conference.

Officers tried to revive the student but he died at the scene, Dyer said. Police did not identify the teenager because he was a minor. Dyer said investigators were looking into the possibility that a second shot was fired, but weren't been able to verify it.

Investigators are interviewing five students who witnessed the shooting, police said.

Authorities did not identify the officer except to say that he was a 10-year veteran of the department who had been stationed at Roosevelt High School for three years. Several students identified him to the Fresno Bee as Junus Perry, 38. The officer was taken to Community Regional Medical Center for treatment of a 2-inch gash to the head, Dyer said.

"There was a great deal of blood loss," Dyer said.

The officer was released from the hospital with stitches to close the wound, police said. He will be on paid administrative leave pending an investigation.

Roosevelt High School, in southeast Fresno, is one of eight public high schools in the city of 450,000. District records show that Roosevelt's academic performance lags well behind state averages.

Most of the 2,700 students were in class when the incident began shortly before noon, Dyer said.

The officer was struck with the bat as he walked out of his office and fell backward in a daze, Dyer said.

As the officer tried to draw his firearm, the weapon's magazine clattered to the floor, Dyer said.

The student with the bat approached the officer again, the chief said, prompting the officer to reach for a second firearm attached to his ankle.

Dyer said the campus officer had never talked to the student before the confrontation and the officer didn't know what sparked his attack.

He is employed by the Police Department but works full time at the high school.

The 6-foot-1, 250-pound sophomore had been at Roosevelt since January, he said.

Ruth Quinto, acting superintendent of the Fresno Unified School District, said teachers were asked to keep students in classrooms until police could sweep the campus for other attackers.

When it became clear that it was an isolated incident, parents were permitted to pick up their children at the school, Quinto said. She reassured parents that the campus had remained secure.

"Our students were safe in their classrooms," she said at the news conference.

[ryan250]

Me too! I used to keep a container of water and a bar of soap next to a chair where I would sit and masturbate. The water got cloudy after a few weeks and all these curlycue hairs and soap scum floating in there made quite a mess. One day my Dad said "let's clean this room" and before I knew it he was picking up the container of water and looking at it with an odd expression on his face. I pretended to be busy with something. He put down the cup of water and left the room.

[PickItUp]

Holy ****...

EDIT:

I suppose we are waiting on the teen's family to say:

"Why could he have wrestled the bat away from him? Our son was just starting to turn his life around"

[GrayCrane]

Stupid POS deserved to die.

[BlackRadio]

Kid's an idiot. Wait for the cop haters to come in...

[Weight_Lifter]

Kid got what he deserved.

[Madevilz]

A hit in the head with a bat could kill, I think the cop did the right thing.

[Escorcio]

Lol, maybe the kid didn't deserve to die... but what the **** did he think he was doing hitting the cop in the head with a bat.
I hate some police behaviour... but I'm not even gonna defend that dumbass kid on this one lol


Edit: actually read through the article, lol maybe the kid did deserve to be shot...

[Davtown]

Originally Posted by Weight_Lifter

Kid got what he deserved.

completely agree

[UOK]

This is outrageous. Why didn't the officer use his energy shield?

[bcooter151]

I would shoot a 6'1" 250lbs'er that hit me with a bat too.

[anotherguy11]

beat the piss out of him if you must to get him under control...shoot as a last resort in the leg....kill him?


Cop should go to prison. And please, spare me the "split second decision" cries. These guys generally have no skills yet make a fine living because we are suppose to trust their instincts under pressure.

[METAL VIPER]

I feel that was totally warranted

[GrayCrane]

Originally Posted by anotherguy11

beat the piss out of him if you must to get him under control...shoot as a last resort in the leg....kill him?


Cop should go to prison. And please, spare me the "split second decision" cries. These guys generally have no skills yet make a fine living because we are suppose to trust their instincts under pressure.

Yeah, you beat up a kid who knocked you down with a bad to the head and is coming in for a second swing.

[JerryFan1]

Cop was hit with a weapon in the head and returned fire he did his job. He is the one that is protecting and serving he is the one that deserves to go home safe at night not some punk kid with a lack of respect for authority.

[miaheatfan]

Yep, kid deserved it. Now move along people-nothing to see here.

[captainhorseboy]

totally justified IMO

[DubV]

I'm a 17 year old senior

[beckham23]

Originally Posted by anotherguy11

beat the piss out of him if you must to get him under control...shoot as a last resort in the leg....kill him?


Cop should go to prison. And please, spare me the "split second decision" cries. These guys generally have no skills yet make a fine living because we are suppose to trust their instincts under pressure.

dude **** off. the cop was completely right here plus the kid was going to hit him again

[anotherguy11]

Originally Posted by GrayCrane

Yeah, you beat up a kid who knocked you down with a bad to the head and is coming in for a second swing.

you've got a baton, pepper spray, stun gun, etc...again, or just shoot the kid in the leg or something. If he did that and the kid died of blood loss, I sympathize. If he shot him in the dome the cop should do time. Again, they're paid to make split second decisions. That is suppose to be their "skill."

[YUL]

I don't think the kid was going to ask the cop to play baseball with the bat, and it's not like he concealed it to gain an advantage over the cop.

that kid had to have been mentally disturbed

[JerryFan1]

Originally Posted by anotherguy11

you've got a baton, pepper spray, stun gun, etc...again, or just shoot the kid in the leg or something. If he did that and the kid died of blood lose, I sympathize. If he shot him in the dome the cop should do time. Again, they're paid to make split second decisions. That is suppose to be their "skill."

Police are trained to shoot to stop not kill or injure.

[BlackRadio]

Originally Posted by anotherguy11

beat the piss out of him if you must to get him under control...shoot as a last resort in the leg....kill him?


Cop should go to prison. And please, spare me the "split second decision" cries. These guys generally have no skills yet make a fine living because we are suppose to trust their instincts under pressure.

Cope are trained to shoot to use lethal force if there is an immediate threat to them or others. They're not trained to shoot to injure. You fail.

[jason_bh]

Originally Posted by anotherguy11

beat the piss out of him if you must to get him under control...shoot as a last resort in the leg....kill him?


Cop should go to prison. And please, spare me the "split second decision" cries. These guys generally have no skills yet make a fine living because we are suppose to trust their instincts under pressure.

Shooting in the leg does nothing when your life is in danger. You shoot to kill or you don't carry a gun at all.

The cop was hit in the head. Didn't know what was going on and then sees his attacker coming at him again. He did the right thing.

[maori-rap]

Who cares? Why did the kid attack the cop with a bat anyway? Using a weapon like that which could fracture a skull and worse is enough just cause for the cop to respond with fire. One less scumbag for the cops to deal with later on

[PickItUp]

But guys, he was just beginning to turn his life around...

[mr.perffect]

Originally Posted by anotherguy11

you've got a baton, pepper spray, stun gun, etc...again, or just shoot the kid in the leg or something. If he did that and the kid died of blood loss, I sympathize. If he shot him in the dome the cop should do time. Again, they're paid to make split second decisions. That is suppose to be their "skill."

police don't shoot in the leg ... they are trained to aim for the biggest body part ... the torso. a police officer shoots to kill and that's they way it should be. if you are ever in a situation where a cop is shooting at you then you probably deserve it.

[anotherguy11]

Originally Posted by BlackRadio

Cope are trained to shoot to kill if there is an immediate threat to them or others. They're not trained to shoot to injure. You fail.

fail. There is nuance. Cops being punched by a 110 pound drunk girl is an immediate threat, but nobody would support the cops if they killed her. Hence, your black and white theory=****.

[igetSWOLL]

eeeeeerape.

[SilverSpork]

maybe he shouldn't hit cops in the head with baseball bats?