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POLICE BODY CAM FOOTAGE TAMPA TEEN SHOOTS AND KILLS PARENTS
TMZ ^ | 6/17/2024 | not indicated

Posted on 06/17/2024 8:23:57 AM PDT by Signalman

A Florida teenager murdered his parents execution style and shot a deputy during a police standoff before he was finally gunned down by authorities.

The violence unfolded Saturday night inside the Tampa home belonging to Christos Themelis, 51, his wife Rebecca, 48, and their 19-year-old son Christos Jr., according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

Christos Jr. got his hands on a gun and fatally shot his father inside their house.

Sheriff's deputies then received what they described as a frantic 911 call from Rebecca, who told dispatchers that her son had shot her husband. Dispatchers could hear the crackle of gunfire in the background.

When officers arrived on scene, they found Rebecca in the front yard with Christos Jr., who was armed with the gun.

Police body cam footage showed the dramatic standoff between deputies and Christos Jr. as the teen held his mom hostage. One of the deputies yelled at Christos Jr, "Stop reaching for your waistband!"

At some point, Christos Jr. pulled out the firearm and pumped a bullet into the back of his mother's head, killing her. Then he turned the gun on police, shooting Deputy Shane McGough in the leg.

The body cam footage captured Deputy McGough announcing that he was "hit," as well as being dragged to safety by his partner.

Several other deputies exchanged bullets with Christos Jr., who died in the shoot-out.

Deputy McGough was rushed to a local hospital, where he underwent surgery. Police said McGough was recovering, and in good spirits after the surgery.

Hillsborough County deputies were still trying to determine a motive for the bloodshed.


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1 posted on 06/17/2024 8:23:57 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: Signalman

That kids sounds like a real brat!


2 posted on 06/17/2024 8:30:36 AM PDT by nitzy (Everything makes sense once you realize that we don't rule over ourselves and our rulers hate us.)
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To: Signalman
Guess we'll soon learn what medication(s) the boy's psychiatrist had him on.

Just kidding.

3 posted on 06/17/2024 8:39:16 AM PDT by katana
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To: Signalman

snuff porn


4 posted on 06/17/2024 8:43:20 AM PDT by The Louiswu (Pray for Peace in the world.)
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To: katana
Guess we'll soon learn what medication(s)...

Guess we'll soon learn what new gun control laws the pols will pile on us.

News these days are FF's, until proven otherwise.

5 posted on 06/17/2024 8:47:15 AM PDT by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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To: Signalman

“execution style”. I really don’t care for these assclowns.


6 posted on 06/17/2024 8:54:38 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: Signalman

As long as Hillsborough County sicko judges keep tying the hands of law enforcement to not enforce the laws on the books and continue coddling criminals, this kind of horror will continue. Sheriff deputies responded to 911 calls of violence at this residence due to parents being beaten by their son repeatedly. The son should have been arrested indicted and jailed for assault. Instead, the only action taken by law enforcement was allegedly to “take his guns away from him”, but it looks like he had one hidden somewhere. The parent’s deaths are on the hands of Hillsborough County’s left-wing judges and prosecutors, who refuse to allow law enforcement to protect the lives of the law abiding populace in this county.


7 posted on 06/17/2024 9:08:25 AM PDT by 4Runner
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To: 4Runner

The 911 calls were received ten times since 2021.


8 posted on 06/17/2024 9:09:22 AM PDT by 4Runner
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To: Signalman

The one time cops should have immediately started firing on the perp and they waited until he had executed his Mom to do so.


9 posted on 06/17/2024 9:16:12 AM PDT by CFW
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To: Signalman

When will they ever learn that tomorrow is another day?


10 posted on 06/17/2024 9:20:33 AM PDT by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40, then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: Signalman

Kid should have been institutionalized a long time ago. But no, he has his civil rights.


11 posted on 06/17/2024 9:21:42 AM PDT by yldstrk ( )
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To: Signalman
Several other deputies exchanged bullets with Christos Jr., who died in the shoot-out.

GOOD!

Any kid who would hold his mom hostage and put a bullet in her brain cannot be allowed to survive. He will be a threat to EVERYONE around him. No one can take the risk of leaving him alive.

12 posted on 06/17/2024 9:28:58 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: rktman

Actually, putting a bullet in the back of someone’s skull does qualify as *execution style* to me.


13 posted on 06/17/2024 9:29:51 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: nitzy

they’re so ungrateful nowadays


14 posted on 06/17/2024 9:31:51 AM PDT by xoxox
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To: rktman

Well to be fair, they have an agenda to push and incidents to exploit. /sarc


15 posted on 06/17/2024 9:31:54 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: yldstrk

wonder what kind of meds he was on and for how long


16 posted on 06/17/2024 9:32:37 AM PDT by xoxox
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To: xoxox

The house where this family lived is about two miles away from ours. You don’t need to orchestrate exotic “false flag” events with medicated adolescents when you already have in place prosecutors and judges who are committed to allowing criminality to run rampant and prosper and go unpunished. Hillsborough County is a corrupted left-wing cesspool. And an embarrassment to the DeSantis administration. The Governor needs to clean house in the courts here. This has gone on for far too long.


17 posted on 06/17/2024 9:47:48 AM PDT by 4Runner
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To: Signalman

Tried. Convicted. Sentenced. Knelt down in front of the judge’s bench and have the bailiff unload a .45 in the back of the head right then and there.

These animals deserve no mercy.


18 posted on 06/17/2024 9:49:17 AM PDT by cross_bearer_02
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To: 4Runner

criminality has to run rampant because the sherifs are too busy harassing normal people. have a long history here. have stories. can’t wait for the tsunami.


19 posted on 06/17/2024 9:52:56 AM PDT by xoxox
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