Posted on 03/05/2021 10:15:24 AM PST by george76
The Police Chief Will Be Speaking At The Funeral..
MUSKOGEE, Oklahoma – The Muskogee Police Department has been invited to a funeral of a 17-year-old girl who was killed by police after she allegedly shot at officers on Sunday. Steven Rauch is the father of the girl and he apologized for her placing “officers in that position.” He told News 6 that he forgives the officers who shot his daughter and wants those same officers at her funeral.
“I want to hug them, I want everybody else to hug them, they need it, we need it,” Rauch said. He said he does not blame officers for shooting his 17-year old daughter Farrah. He said he knows they are in just as much pain as he is.
“I know they’re hurting. They have to be hurting for what they had to do and that’s what they have to do in a job. I want people to know they’re loved,” Rauch said.
Rauch said his daughter had struggled the past four years with her parents’ divorce, cutting herself and using drugs. Investigators said Farrah and her boyfriend Joseph Dugan ran away from Blair, Nebraska. As they drove through Florida, Georgia, and Arkansas they had encounters law enforcement but when the teens arrived in Muskogee Sunday, they tried stealing a truck and were chased by officers. They said Farrah shot at officers, who then shot and killed her. Investigators say Dugan shot and killed himself.
Muskogee Police Chief Johnny Teehee said he was “shocked” when he and the four involved officers were invited to the funeral.
“To me, it’s something you have to rely on God to do. Obviously, there’s a message that somebody in the family, or in that community, needs to hear, and God needs me to be the messenger,” Teehee said.
“I feel like more people should be doing this,” Rauch added, “I feel like Farrah has a message, this is how she can get her message.”
Farrah’s memorial is set for this coming Wednesday in Nebraska. Chief Teehee said he will also be a speaker at the service.
Heartbreaking all around - girl, father, the LEOs. God bless them all.
Well that’s a switch.
Nebraska teens dead following shootout with Oklahoma police identified as Blair High School students
https://www.ketv.com/article/two-nebraska-teen-runaways-dead-in-shootout-with-police-in-oklahoma/35687412#
“Officials say the boy and girl had been on a multi-state crime spree before exchanging gunfire with officers Sunday afternoon in Muskogee, Oklahoma.”
So sad that the pretty little girl went so wrong.
Is that a racist remark?
It is difficult to measure this kind of hurt. On the father and family and on the officers. It is a traumatic experience to take another life, especially that of a young person. It is the worst experience for a parent to lose a child no matter how.
God bless this man and prayers for all involved.
Well you didn’t say “pretty white girl” so I guess it’s okay.
I think I’d have a hard, hard time going on with things. Sounds like she plummeted emotionally into depths most of us don’t know. Friends of ours lost a young daughter (18) to suicide. Grew up in a Christian home, was doing well at school, but was always struggling within.
Nothing to say but just hug on each other till the Lord comes along and soothes the pain of loss.
My dad would’ve shot me, himself, for all that crap.
/turned out a good kid
Clearly white privilege.
Adult choices often have consequences for children.
What does her skin color have to do with anything?
There is some beauty in this heartbreak.
Teenagers can be a real handful.
Wow.
Amazing man who can reach out in his grief and shock.
You missed my point.
dear God... may God bless
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