Posted on 02/28/2005 1:16:58 PM PST by Ramonan
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- A police officer fatally shot a 16-year-old boy outside a high school dance who was driving his car recklessly on campus grounds, officials said.
Jerrod Miller, a sophomore at Olympic Heights High School, died after he was shot about 9 p.m. outside a dance at another school, Delray Full Service Center, The Palm Beach Post reported.
Miller dropped off other kids at the dance and left, Delray Beach police said.
Then he returned and drove through the campus and its outdoor corridors, police said. Students were dodging his car.
An officer fired a shot in an attempt to stop the car, police said.
Relatives said Miller was a good kid who checked up on his grandmother and stayed off the streets.
''He wasn't that kind of kid. He was a good kid,'' said family spokeswoman Joelle Cornelius.
Delray Full Service Center is an alternative school for students with discipline problems.
Sunday morning, painted yellow lines marked the car's tire tracks and a small splatter of blood, scraped paint, and tire marks remained on the hallway wall.
Police declined to identify the officer or release additional information. A spokesman didn't return a phone message and page from The Associated Press.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating
>>>checked up on his grandmother and stayed off the streets.<<<
Yep he sure was a good kid, staying off the streets and all, but using the outdoor corridors of the campus as a road is just wrong.
You're telling me!
"Yeah buddy, if you don't like the way I drive, stay off the sidewalk"!
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