Teen Shot To Death by Florida Police at High School Dance

Officer.com ^ | 2-28-05 | ???

[OXENinFLA]

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- A police officer fatally shot a 16-year-old boy outside a high school dance who was driving his car recklessly on campus grounds, officials said.

Jerrod Miller, a sophomore at Olympic Heights High School, died after he was shot about 9 p.m. outside a dance at another school, Delray Full Service Center, The Palm Beach Post reported.

Miller dropped off other kids at the dance and left, Delray Beach police said.

Then he returned and drove through the campus and its outdoor corridors, police said. Students were dodging his car.

An officer fired a shot in an attempt to stop the car, police said.

Relatives said Miller was a good kid who checked up on his grandmother and stayed off the streets.

''He wasn't that kind of kid. He was a good kid,'' said family spokeswoman Joelle Cornelius.

Delray Full Service Center is an alternative school for students with discipline problems.

Sunday morning, painted yellow lines marked the car's tire tracks and a small splatter of blood, scraped paint, and tire marks remained on the hallway wall.

Police declined to identify the officer or release additional information. A spokesman didn't return a phone message and page from The Associated Press.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating.

[OXENinFLA]

There's more stories w/ more info, this one just had the most descriptive title.

[OXENinFLA]

PING...

[KC_Conspirator]

Oh yes, he was a very good kid. Now they can pull out his 4th grade picture, like the one they used for that 13 yr. old gangbanger in LA who nearly rant over police in a stolen car and was shot in progress of a dangerous felony.

[Ron in Acreage]

The cop saved lives. He'll be punished for it.

[mountaineer]

Miller was a good kid who checked up on his grandmother and stayed off the streets.

Oh, well, then the cops should have disregarded his other reckless and dangerous behaviors. He was such a good boy (and Hitler liked puppies, I've heard).

[Hatteras]

"Relatives said Miller was a good kid who checked up on his grandmother and stayed off the streets."

"He wasn't that kind of kid. He was a good kid," said family spokeswoman Joelle Cornelius."

Naturally...

[Brian328i]

Then he returned and drove through the campus and its outdoor corridors, police said. Students were dodging his car.
[...]
Relatives said Miller was a good kid who checked up on his grandmother and stayed off the streets.
Sure did stay off the streets, was on the sidewalks!

[ken5050]

And if the cop hadn't shot...and the kid killed 5 or so of his classmates, the parents would already have hired a lawyer to sue the police department..

[OXENinFLA]

Teenager wounded by Delray officer in shooting outside dance

A 16-year-old Atlantic High School student who was at the school's gate said he saw the teenager driving up and down the street.

Then, the student said, the driver "came in the gate and was stopped by the police. The police said, 'Let me see your license.'."

At that point, the student said, the driver pulled off, swerving, and police fired at the car. He said the car was pulling away when police fired. He said he heard two shots.

The driver, who was alone in the car, was turning down a courtyard -- chasing people out of the path of the car -- when he was hit, and the car crashed, the student said.

[Al Gator]

One way or the other, there's a LOT more to this story.

I'll wait till it comes out.

[randog]

''He wasn't that kind of kid. He was a good kid,'' said family spokeswoman Joelle Cornelius.

Delray Full Service Center is an alternative school for students with discipline problems.

Yeah, they're always such good kids.

[Fast1]

Driving thru the school !! People dodging out of the way;and they wonder why the angel was shot.

[DCPatriot]

Miller was a good kid who checked up on his grandmother and stayed off the streets.

And BTK was a church deacon or president of some church group....and Ted Bundy had a steady girlfriend.

[L98Fiero]

"Now they can pull out his 4th grade picture, like the one they used for that 13 yr. old gangbanger in LA..."

Oooo, that made me so mad! Surely, there was a more recent pic of that guy than the one in the cap and gown when he was about 9.

[yellowdoghunter]

What are the odds that this child is from a broken home? If we find out that both his parents were losers, then they should be held accountable also. It is one thing to try to be a good parent and then your kid goes off the deep end, it is quite another when neither parent is around or gives a damn.

Flamesuit on.....

[-=Wing_0_Walker=-]

Sounds to me like an AH Barney Fife instead of a bad kid. Fired "A" shot to stop the car. My ASS. Police are trained to say "Stop the action."

[Larry Lucido]

It's time for someone to pipe up that "Any cop that can't disarm a 16 year old boy without shooting shouldn't be on the force."

[babygene]

"and was shot in progress of a dangerous felony"

Reckless driving is generally not a felony... And why not just shoot the tires? Shooting the driver, it seems to me, is not the best way to safely stop a car. The car could take off at top speed with nobody steering while the driver died.

[Larry Lucido]

Wow, I spoke too soon. Comment #16 is our winner!

[KC_Conspirator]

I thought I was the only person who caught that. That pic is WAY outdated. I knew they are probably hiding pics of this "child" flashing gang signs with his hands.