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Family of 12-year-old shot, killed in stolen truck speaks out against truck owner
Kdvr.com ^ | February 23 | Rob Low

Posted on 02/24/2023 4:09:13 AM PST by marktwain

The Armstrong family told the Problem Solvers that prosecutors obtained surveillance video and shared it with them to explain the decision not to charge the vehicle owner.

Thomas Armstrong said the footage shows a single bullet was fired from the back of the truck first, before the truck owner allegedly unloaded 15 shots into the truck, as one of the three boys inside the truck fired back twice.

“And the video, it showed the man with his hand on his gun, running towards them with a real fast speed … you heard one shot, then you just heard him let off 15 rounds into the car,” Thomas Armstrong said.

“The man, when he first pulled up to the car, he’s seen the little boy this tall is standing by his car, running and jumping into the car. He’s seen it was a little boy before any gunplay,” he added.

Thomas Armstrong said investigators told him there were two others boys with his son, both 16 years old, who were also shot but were able to run away.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: 12yearold; 2a; avoid; banglist; co; defense; shooting
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So, the 12-year-old was hanging out with two 16-year-old criminals who were willing to commit murder for kicks. They opened up on the truck owner, legitimately attempting to regain his property, and he fired back, killing one of the three and wounding the two others.
1 posted on 02/24/2023 4:09:13 AM PST by marktwain
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Thomas Armstrong failed his son.


2 posted on 02/24/2023 4:18:42 AM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Roberor thert Heinlein)
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““I know the car had insurance on it, you know, there’s insurance on his car, but there’s no insurance on my brother’s life to get him back,” said Alicia Henderson, the 29-year-old sister of Elias Armstrong.”

So, because car owners have insurance, they should be able to steal cars. This is the same reason people use to justify looting stores (store owners have insurance).


3 posted on 02/24/2023 4:21:40 AM PST by DEPcom (DC is not my Capitol after Jan 6th lock downs.)
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To: marktwain

Thomas Armstrong should have seen saw sawn to his son better.


4 posted on 02/24/2023 4:21:45 AM PST by Recompennation (Don’t blame me my vote didn’t count)
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So this family is saying that you shouldn’t return fire on midgets? People are insane.


5 posted on 02/24/2023 4:21:55 AM PST by trailboss800
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Thomas Armstrong failed his son.

Thomas Armstrong failed any basic grammar classes he may have taken in school. If any. But, your assessment is quite correct.

6 posted on 02/24/2023 4:24:35 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (You can never have enough clamps. Thanks Ben.)
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I even give away free stuff if someone tried to steal my car. Free little semiprecious metal pellets. They are moving at a high rate of speed, but they are free to the thieves.


7 posted on 02/24/2023 4:28:37 AM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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So some adolescent animals got capped by return fire.....

My cup of schadenfreude runneth over!

8 posted on 02/24/2023 4:29:29 AM PST by Chad C. Mulligan
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Who knows how much damage these kids would have done with the stolen car?


9 posted on 02/24/2023 4:30:21 AM PST by rbg81
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Problems Solvers were obviously unable to solve the problem for the Andersons.

I'm sure the other two miscreants are good boys, aspiring rappers who love their mama.

10 posted on 02/24/2023 4:31:37 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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I knew a black woman very well. She was a sinner, as we all are.

Talking to her, she justified her sins because ... Slavery.

Because some of her ancestors were enslaved, she claimed to be justified to commit sins in the present.

This is what the left has been pushing for decades.

11 posted on 02/24/2023 4:31:41 AM PST by marktwain
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democrat sanctioned victimization comes in many colors specifically black these days it depends on what protected class you are in as to whether it goes national including looting rioting and burning down nieghborhoods


12 posted on 02/24/2023 4:36:45 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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If dirtbags try and steal my property, yeah you better believe I will do what it takes to defend it. Absolutely no sympathy for the bereaved, they should have done a better job of teaching their kid right from wrong. Thieves in my opinion, are in the same class as rapists, and child molesters, they all take something that does not belong to them.


13 posted on 02/24/2023 4:40:07 AM PST by GunHoardingCapitalist (The cake is a lie!)
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...the footage shows a single bullet was fired from the back of the truck first...

It doesn't sound like he was shooting to recover his truck (he pumped 15 bullets into it). It sounds like he was shooting because they were shooting at him. In which case, this family really has no concept of other humans as actually being real live people. It sounds like the little apple didn't fall far from the tree.

14 posted on 02/24/2023 4:41:04 AM PST by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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Looks like a life of crime stopped early.

My give a damns for stories like this are long gone. These people need to fix their culture.


15 posted on 02/24/2023 4:45:44 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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On a humous side, the news source is kinda fitting, KDVR (Cadaver), thats the brittish humor in me.


16 posted on 02/24/2023 4:46:31 AM PST by GunHoardingCapitalist (The cake is a lie!)
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They sure did not instill any smarts in to this delinquent. If you steal another person’s property than you have to deal with the punishment.


17 posted on 02/24/2023 4:47:39 AM PST by wbslws
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They shoot at the trucks owner and he returns fire, and he is in the wrong? Too bad he didn’t kill all of them. They are just going to do it again but next time they will kill somebody. Animals all!!!


18 posted on 02/24/2023 4:49:51 AM PST by spincaster
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““I know the car had insurance on it, you know, there’s insurance on his car, but there’s no insurance on my brother’s life to get him back,” said Alicia Henderson, the 29-year-old sister of Elias Armstrong.”

So, because car owners have insurance, they should be able to steal cars.

Apparently that's the logic. Or maybe her brother should not have been participating in a car theft with two older armed boys.

19 posted on 02/24/2023 4:51:09 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man.)
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The idea that someone is insured so that makes theft from them O.K. has become a major virus in the nation right now.


20 posted on 02/24/2023 4:58:42 AM PST by Wuli
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