Posted on 06/22/2022 5:42:48 PM PDT by grundle
A group of teenage boys were live-streaming on social media moments before a fatal crash in a stolen car, Texas police said.
The four boys, ages 13 to 15, stole a 2018 Audi S5 Coupe from an Abilene home early in the morning on Wednesday, June 22, according to the Abilene Police Department.
At 3:40 a.m., a “concerned parent” called 911 after seeing live video on social media taken by their son, from inside a stolen car, police said in a release. The other teens were also streaming to social media, and the parent believed they were planning to drive to the Dallas-Fort Worth area, roughly 140 miles east of Abilene.
Minutes later, a call came into the Callahan County Sheriff’s Department about a reported theft at a convenience store near Abilene involving the teens in the Audi, according to the release.
Officers spotted the car at 4:07 a.m. in the parking lot of a roadside motel close to U.S. Highway 351 and Interstate 20, police said.
The Audi hit an empty patrol car and an officer at the scene turned on their lights and tried to stop the teens. But they sped away and officers “did not actively pursue” them, police said.
Just two minutes later, at 4:09 a.m., the speeding Audi smashed into a light pole at a nearby intersection, according to police.
A 13-year-old boy in the passenger seat was thrown from the vehicle and later died at a hospital.
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Way to waste your life
Sounds like a troll is loose, masquerading as a Mod! LOL
Heh. The natives are getting restless.
Yup. The cops are gonna get sued.
When I was a kid we were happy to do The Twist at the school gym. Someone would usually sneak in some fresh spring water and apples. Hoo boy! Only remember one drive by shooting.
Too bad about the car.
I should have been more specific...in that I was a fairly quiet and inoffensive kid who wouldn’t have done anything like that even if my parents *didn’t* have clear expectations of me.
This is news. Relax, yo. You must be THAT admin from AL? Figures.
Hmmm no mention of race.🤔
I was born in 1951, and probably didn't even hear of "drive by shooting" until maybe 2000.
I didn’t think this was chat material, but you could always move it if you wanted to.
Thanks!
Good question.
But the cops would also get sued if they had chased the teens, and the fleeing teens had crashed and died.
Thank you for posting this. It’s the first I’ve heard of it. I sometimes drive that highway.
What are the rules anyway?
Not to mention robbing a convenience store.
It’s news to me.
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