Family of 12-year-old auto theft suspect call for charges against vehicle owner who killed him

Scripps News Denver ^ | Feb 24, 2023 | Scripps News Denver

[Baladas]

DENVER — The family of a 12-year-old auto theft suspect in Denver who was shot and killed by the vehicle owner say the man should face criminal charges.

Sometime Sunday, Feb. 5, the Denver Police Department received a report of an auto theft.

The vehicle owner told authorities he was tracking the vehicle using an app, and found it later in the day.

When the owner approached the car, he was "involved in an exchange of gunfire" with those inside the vehicle, according to Denver police.

A juvenile male drove the car, where officers found him suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to the hospital and later pronounced dead.

The Denver Office of the Medical Examiner identified the juvenile as Elias Armstrong, 12.

[Baladas]

Let's see, this armed twelve year old drove a stolen car, what an angel. The tolerance of crime in that community is going to lead to many more instances like this.

[Seruzawa]

The kid’s parents are the ones who should be charged.

[Joe Marine 76]

“Do stupid shit, win stupid prizes!”

[McCarthysGhost]

I call for charges against his parents.

[steel_resolve]

What do you mean ‘that’ community??!? Lol just kidding, everyone on earth knows what ‘that’ means.

[kiryandil]

"If someone in a group of people including a 12-year-old shoots at you, you should not shoot back"

Yeah, no.

[Pox]

Sorry Charlie. Your offspring decided it would be fun to help his older friends go criminal and they reaped what they sowed.

Video showed the first shot coming out of the car, and then the owner unloaded on his own stolen vehicle in self defense.

No sane person would charge the owner for any crime. Then again, it’s the idiotic left we’re dealing with here.

[SaveFerris]

Maybe little Johnny shouldn’t be stealing cars?

Waiting for ‘How else he gonna get his money?’

[gundog]

His sister’s claim that he fired (first) in self-defense is a new wrinkle to me.

[Pox]

His sisters claim is worth dick.

The video that led to no charges being filed tells the precise tale that these grieving family members refuse to come to terms with.

Their deceased son made a fatally bad choice and they have to live with that the rest of their lives.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

The world is better, safer place, now that there is one less criminal to deal with.

Think of all the future crimes which have been prevented by this thug's death. Think of all the bastard spawn which will never pollute our earth. The cost of that bullet will return dividends for years and years to come.

[wjcsux]

“ Let’s see, this armed twelve year old drove a stolen car, what an angel. The tolerance of crime in that community is going to lead to many more instances like this. ”
Yep. They don’t enforce the law and get upset with people who have to resort to deadly force to protect themselves and their families.

[Responsibility2nd]

Heh. This reminds me of this sign from a few years ago...

 

[ncalburt]

These Amish are a danger to all of us .
Move asap away from all of them .
We did and sleep at night .

[17th Miss Regt]

I agree. He should be charged. With littering.

[RandallFlagg]

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[A_perfect_lady]

I wouldn’t care if he’d killed all three of them. Stealing his truck is one thing, but they fired at him. Once someone shoots at you, I think you have every right to shoot back.

[sheik yerbouty]

🖕🖕🖕

[llevrok]

If the punk wants to play adult games, the punk deserves adult consequences.

[Major Matt Mason]

Turquisha Armstrong

How do they come up with these names?