Shot Boy Wrote About Pointing Gun At Police

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.local6.com/news/6188583/detail.html

A Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation into the shooting of a middle-school student holding a pellet gun by a SWAT team member revealed that authorities did not speak with the boy's father until after the shooting, according to a Local 6 News report.

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Over the weekend, an attorney for the family said Penley's father told him that he contacted law enforcement before the boy was shot to tell them that his son did not have a gun and that he only had a pellet gun, Local 6 News reported.

However, phone records obtained by the FDLE showed authorities did not make contact with the dead boy's father until about 45 minutes after the boy had been shot, according to a report released Tuesday.

Also Tuesday, Local 6 News learned that several years ago, Penley wrote a school paper concerning pointing a gun at a police officer.

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"It states, 'If you point a gun at a cop, they will shoot you even if you don't shoot him or a person,'" Eslinger said. "It's just to give you some idea of maybe, possibly state of mind."

[LisaL]

1. It was suicide by cop, pure and simple.

The kid knew exactly what he was doing.

[High Plains]

2. Just wish the cops could find a way to be less accomodating.

[appleannie1]

3. If

you were a police officer and someone pointed a gun at you, what would you do? I am not saying it was right, I am just asking a question.