Posted on 11/03/2013 8:18:10 PM PST by moonshinner_09
Deputy who shot and killed toy gun-carrying teen, 13, allegedly pulled gun Deputy who shot and killed toy gun-carrying teen, 13, allegedly pulled gun on a driver during traffic stop two months earlier
A driver has come forward saying the deputy who shot dead a 13-year-old California boy after mistaking his fake AK-47 as real pulled a gun on him also, after he failed to signal a lane change during a carpool. Jeff Westbrook, 57, of Santa Rosa said he was mistreated by Deputy Erick Gelhaus after being pulled over Aug. 21 in Cotati, so much so that at one point he asked Gelhaus: 'Sir, is there something wrong with you?' 'I felt like I was watching somebody I needed to help,' Mr Westbrook, a program manager at an information technology company, told CBS of Gelhaus. 'This was not right. He did not manage this correctly.' Gelhaus shot Andy Lopez seven times at a Santa Rosa parking after recieving reports of a suspicious and believing his toy machine gun was real. Mr Westbrook was pulled over by Gelhaus for not using his indicator. He said he pulled into a shoulder, but offered to move the car forward because there was not much room next to the driver door for Gelhaus. When the car started moving, Gelhaus is alleged to have drawn his gun. 'It was about a foot from by face,' Westbrook said. 'I've never had a gun pointed at me before.' Scroll down for video
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If the kid pulled the gun on somebody else like this, he set himself up to be shot.
It definitely changes the story from a reactive kill to a necessary kill.
No doubt.
The cruiser reportedly got within 30 feet of the kid. If you can’t tell a toy gun and a kid from within 30 feet, you shouldn’t be pointing a gun.
Read again. It was the cop that pulled a gun on someone else, not the kid.
I could be wrong but I believe this particular cop was just looking for the chance to kill someone and call it a “good shoot”.
I don’t care if the kid had a real AK, there is no reason to just shoot him. I just don’t believe the kid pointed it at him.
Another cop makes it home safely.
Well all cops should make it home safely unless you are someone who would like to see otherwise.
His boots got a little messy with blood, but there are some here who would be more than happy to lick them clean.
My error. It was a badly written first paragraph.
Or maybe there are some here that would like to spill some cop blood.
The cops say the orange cap wasn’t on the gun. I don’t believe it. I also want to know why there was no dash cam.
Cop drew in anger in unwarranted situation.
Not the kid.
The fact that the cop shot the kid 7 times is reason enough for me to convict him. I wouldn’t want blood on his boots. But I wouldn’t be upset if there was some gas in his lungs.
At the expense of children, crippled guys in wheelchairs, and dogs, right?
How strange that you think policemen's lives are more valuable than the innocent citizens they are sworn to protect. I would much rather this policeman be dead than this child be dead. It is not even a difficult choice.
Why don't policemen respond to real crimes? Why do some policemen shoot first and ask questions later?
The only crime here was the murder the policeman committed.
Don’t worry about that.
Epidemic levels of bad editors these days, makes it hard to accurately readmost articles.
Are you saying you want cops to die?
Dash cam = magic trick
Sitting in somebody’s desk at this time.
I didn’t say anyone’s lives are more important. The statement was “Another Cop Made It Home Safely”. They all should make it home safley. WTF is wrong with you people. If he did something wrong he should be prosecuted. What do condone violence against LEOs?
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