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Student Thought to Have Gun in Fla. School Killed
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| 01/13/2006
| FoxNews
Posted on 01/13/2006 10:29:08 AM PST by devane617
LONGWOOD, Fla. A suicidal eighth grader who pulled a handgun in class and briefly took another child hostage was shot by a sheriff's SWAT team member Friday when he later threatened deputies, Seminole County officials said. Sheriff Don Eslinger said the 15-year-old boy brought the gun to Milwee Middle School in his backpack and briefly took a fellow student hostage during a classroom scuffle. The sheriff's office said they have not confirmed if the gun is real or a toy. The student then ran from the classroom, Eslinger said, and was pursued by deputies into a restroom and isolated there. The school was evacuated and no one else was injured. "At one time he held the gun to his neck. As the deputies attempted to establish dialogue, he raised the firearm and lethal force was used by the sheriff's office," Eslinger said. The boy was taken to the hospital. His condition was unknown. "He was suicidal," Eslinger said. "During this standoff, and during the chase, the student said he was going to kill himself or die." Classes were canceled for the rest of the day, and frantic parents arrived to pick up their children.
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KEYWORDS: fl; florida; schoolviolence; suicidebycop
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Let me see -- Kid locked in a bathroom with a gun. Why not leave him in there until he kills himself, or comes out? Another example of cops gone bad.
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posted on
01/13/2006 10:29:09 AM PST
by
devane617
To: devane617
Don't make me shoot this ni.., er, student!
/melbrooks
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posted on
01/13/2006 10:31:43 AM PST
by
TC Rider
(The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
To: devane617
Poor kid. At least he doesn't have thoughts of suicide any longer...
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posted on
01/13/2006 10:32:16 AM PST
by
Dallas59
(“You love life, while we love death"( Al-Qaeda & Democratic Party)
To: devane617
To: Paul_N_Lakeside
Isolated in a bathroom. What's the worse that can happen -- he kills himself, or comes out. Stuff like this confirms my theory on most police departments.
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posted on
01/13/2006 10:34:46 AM PST
by
devane617
(An Alley-Cat mind is a terrible thing to waste)
To: Joe Brower; My Favorite Headache
To: devane617
A suicidal eighth grader who pulled a handgun in class and briefly took another child hostage was shot by a sheriff's SWAT team member Friday when he later threatened deputies
A loaded gun pointed at you is not a kid.
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posted on
01/13/2006 10:37:15 AM PST
by
Dallas59
(“You love life, while we love death"( Al-Qaeda & Democratic Party)
To: devane617
Why not leave him in there until he kills himself, or comes out? Another example of cops gone bad. What if he came out shooting? Nah, cops did the right thing here. He pointed a gun at them. He took a student hostage. Believe me, 8th graders posses the capacity to kill. I've seen it happen.
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posted on
01/13/2006 10:37:31 AM PST
by
Drew68
To: devane617
Student Thought to Have Gun in Fla. School Killed
The boy was taken to the hospital. His condition was unknown.
-------Is he dead or not? Condition unknown? If he is dead, then he has no condition. Am I missing something?
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posted on
01/13/2006 10:37:32 AM PST
by
WasDougsLamb
(I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man)
To: devane617
Let me see -- Kid locked in a bathroom with a gun. Why not leave him in there until he kills himself, or comes out? Another example of cops gone bad. The police shot when the kid raised his gun towards them.
If the kid had been left in the bathroom to shoot himself, the police would have been blamed.
If the kid was allowed to stay in the bathroom as long as he pleased and then came out and pointed his gun at police and was then shot, police would have been blamed.
If the police withdrew to avoid any possible confrontation and the kid escaped from the bathroom to kill either himself or others, the police would have been blamed.
Tell me how you would have handled the situation and I will tell you what could have gone wrong and how I would then blame you for it.
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posted on
01/13/2006 10:37:46 AM PST
by
Polybius
To: devane617
You are an idiot! You don't know all the facts and your lack of intellect is shown clearly in your response. Let me guess, the Police are expected to take a round because the messed up kid is 15? What a pathetic perspective you have to judge the police and their actions related to this. Why don't you play the heavy on the F#%$ed-up parents that continue to produce these sociopaths.
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posted on
01/13/2006 10:38:05 AM PST
by
7thOF7th
(Righteousness is our cause and justice will prevail!)
To: devane617
Are you being sarcastic?
The article doesn't mention he was locked in the restroom
he was persued into the restroom and...
As the deputies attempted to establish dialogue, he raised the firearm...
Looks like "suicide by cop" to me
To: Drew68
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posted on
01/13/2006 10:39:11 AM PST
by
Dallas59
(“You love life, while we love death"( Al-Qaeda & Democratic Party)
To: Polybius
To: Polybius
The cop shoould have whipped the gun out of his holster and shot the gun out of the kid's hand with one fluid motion. I know it can be done because I saw it done in a movie.
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posted on
01/13/2006 10:40:07 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: 7thOF7th
"Why don't you play the heavy on the F#%$ed-up parents that continue to produce these sociopaths."EXACTLY
To: AppyPappy
There's a clown on the other running thread who claims he can.
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posted on
01/13/2006 10:41:20 AM PST
by
ASA Vet
(Those who know don't talk, those who talk don't know.)
To: devane617
15 year old 8th grader? little bit old there.
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posted on
01/13/2006 10:41:22 AM PST
by
absolootezer0
("My God, why have you forsaken us.. no wait, its the liberals that have forsaken you... my bad")
To: devane617
Killed and condition unknown..........which is it? Alive or dead.
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posted on
01/13/2006 10:41:51 AM PST
by
tioga
(Ashamed of Sen Chuck in the land of the Hildebeast.)
To: devane617
the student said he was going to kill himself or die. Success!
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posted on
01/13/2006 10:44:10 AM PST
by
grobdriver
(Let the embeds check the bodies!)
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