[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

According to the earlier live thread, the 20 year old cop had been dating the 19 year old victim. She had started dating another cop, possibly another victim. With the tiny population, and only a few police in total, they obviously all knew each other very well. The 14 year old was there to eat pizza and watch movies with friends.

[basil]

Thanks for the clarification. That’s more in line with what I had gathered when reading various news stories about this.

[Coldwater Creek]

Would you allow a 14 year old to be at an unsupervised party at 3 in the morning?

I would be so grief stricken that my child had been killed, that any television crew that showed up at my door, would be sent packing.

[WLR]

This is a sad thing.. I do not think it reflects on Law Enforcement as an entity whatsoever..

Having said that there is something I believe always worth repeating.

No one should become a Peace Officer before they are 31...
Thirty one. They need to live in the world without any special privilege or responsibilities. They need to be hired, fired unjustly.. Have their Girlfriend dump them.. They need to have 8 bucks in their pocket with payday a week away. They need to get a ticket for doing something wrong and they need to get a ticket for doing nothing at all.
They need to get the a$$ kicked at least once and to be able to explain why they deserved it..

In other words they need to live their lives as young people..Enjoy a little bit, gain some experience and aspects of maturity which can only come from age.

My prayers are for the Young Officer, The Persons Murdered and all the families..

No recriminations against anyone.

Just great sadness for everyone involved.

W