Armed victim returns gunfire, killing 14-year-old gang member, police say

Orlando Sentinel ^ | August 7, 2014 | Henry Pierson Curtis

[Company Man]

An armed Lakeland man killed a 14-year-old gang member in a shootout Wednesday evening after both drew guns and opened fire, according to the Lakeland Police Department.

[Company Man]

Another teen gang banger bites the dust. Although the teen had been arrested four times for violent crimes since the age of 12, the news reporter helpfully points out that the criminal could not legally posess a gun "because of his age".

[2ndDivisionVet]

Trayvon 2.0?

[Steely Tom]

Yeah, let’s get Mama in front of a camera.

[RightGeek]

“He was a good boy”

[TexasGator]

” Although the teen had been arrested four times for violent crimes since the age of 12, the news reporter helpfully points out that the criminal could not legally posess a gun “because of his age”. “

I thought it was a good factual report.

[txrefugee]

This will be trotted out as another child killed by a gun, so of course everyone should have their guns taken away.

[Steely Tom]

“He was a good boy”

"He wasn't no angel, but he didn't deserve to die for what he did."

[Hugin]

This was not the 5-feet 8-inch tall, 130-pound teen's first brush with violence. State records state he was a convicted felon arrested twice since age 12 for armed robbery with a gun, once for battery on a public or school employee and once for burglarizing a home.

And yet no serious prison time. God knows how many other victims the armed citizen prevented by dispatching this yout'.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

“My baby ain’t done never hurt nobody.”

[kaehurowing]

I’m sure he was just going to the store for some watermelon ice tea and skittles when he was gunned down.

[mountn man]

I wish we had a thumbs up button, here on FR.

[WyCoKsRepublican]

How sad. Another innocent soul that could have been Obama’s son. I’m depressed. Gonna need a few minutes to get myself back together. The Great OZ has spoken.

[jughandle]

Thank you sir, for removing another useless gangster.

[jimbo123]

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Another Saint Skittles has been murdered!

[lightman]

“He done hupped me carry da grocies, y’all”

[GeronL]

“It’s just a right of passage for all teenage boys”

[mountn man]

If Obama had a son...

[PapaBear3625]

Although the teen had been arrested four times for violent crimes since the age of 12,

Arrests do not matter.

If I was arrested many times, I could still own a gun, PROVIDED I had never been convicted of an offense that barred me from gun ownership. Only convictions matter, and these days felony arrests are routinely plea bargained down to misdemeanors.

[driftdiver]

The guy is getting shot at and has been hit and the writer feels it may be a stand your ground case?

ARGH!