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Thanks for your reply. Durham62 is my son and he is very upset, naturally. I agree that this game was a bad idea and in this day and age obviously can be fatal. Emotions are high about the incident and all the facts are not yet public. There of course is a lot of information going through the local grapevine and in due course the facts will come out. As I said earlier on this thread with another poster who had some harsh and uninformed things to say, these boys were good and the facts will tell if legally there was justification for the homeowner to come out and use deadly force. Morally I think he was horribly wrong. As to whether the boy was facing his killer or running away this too will be public soon enough and obviously is a very important detail.

[BOBWADE]

It kind of reminds me of when a cop shot a boy with a toy gun. He was hiding in the shadows and when he came into view the officer saw what he thought was a gun and made a split second decision. The 4 year old was dead and the cop aquitted. I feel bad for this kid's family but he put himself in a bad situation and was mistaken for someone with bad intentions. Ringing a doorbell late at night is a bad idea and shouldn't be used for entertainment.