[BREAKING NEW]SCHOOL SHOOTING

Deputy shoots teen wielding pellet gun
Teen painted weapon to make it look real, sheriff says

Friday, January 13, 2006; Posted: 8:12 p.m. EST (01:12 GMT)




(CNN) -- A sheriff's deputy shot a 15-year-old he believed was armed with a 9 mm handgun at a Florida middle school Friday only to learn later that the weapon was a modified pellet gun, the Seminole County sheriff said.

The student is on "advanced life support" at Orlando Regional Medical Center, Sheriff Don Eslinger said, adding, "It was a terrible situation."

Eslinger said that the student, Christopher David Penley, painted the brightly colored tip of the pellet gun black to make it look like a real gun.

The sheriff's deputy was a member of the SWAT team and shot the eighth-grader only after the student raised the gun and threatened officers, Eslinger said.

The shooting occurred about 9:30 a.m. at the 1,100-student Millwee Middle School in Longwood, Florida. (Watch the aftermath of the shooting -- 1:54)

The suburban Orlando school was evacuated after the shooting.

The incident began when the teen's fellow students saw a gun in his backpack. The students were planning to tell a teacher about it, the sheriff's office said.

One of the students confronted the teen, who responded by pointing the weapon at the student and putting him in a closet, Eslinger said. The armed teen then fled, and a school resource officer and others gave chase.

Deputies were called to the scene, and the teen led them on a foot chase across campus to an isolated alcove area where police cornered him in a bathroom, the sheriff's office said.

Deputies tried to talk the teen into surrendering, but he refused to speak with them, Eslinger said.

"I'm going to kill myself or I'm going to die somehow," Eslinger quoted the boy as saying. "He refused to even comment. All he said was his first name. He did not drop the firearm."

The student eventually exited the bathroom and pointed the gun at his own head and throat. When he "raised the firearm in a tactical position and pointed it" at one of the SWAT team members, the officer "decided to use deadly force," Eslinger said.

"From what the deputies explained to me, (the teen) was suicidal," the sheriff said.

Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigators, who respond any time an officer fires a gun, determined the teen's weapon was an airsoft pellet gun, which shoot BBs or small paintballs, Eslinger said.

Authorities showed the gun alongside a real 9 mm handgun, and there appeared to be little difference between the two.

The teen's motive was not clear, but authorities were looking into some things from his past, Eslinger said without elaborating.

Why are they doing a rash thing ?
I am unable to understand.

What happened is this kid came to school with a gun and stated he wanted to die. He kidnapped another student. Then when the police came in, the kid aimed the gun at he SWAT team and was shot. Only AFTER did they realize that he had a non-lethal gun.

It makes me feel sad when such a young kid feels that suicide is the only way out!

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The cops were just doing their jobs just like that Air Marshall did his a while back, IMO. Any person who waves around a gun in a threatening manner will get shot before he or she could hurt others.

When I am heared this news, I feeling afraid for U.S.A .
Why do you like the Gun ?
Why need to the Gun ?

shsong21,

Why would you be afraid of the US because of this? This should make you feel more secure knowing that the police showed up on time and took care of business.

I always got asked by Koreans about the safety with guns in the US. Well, think of it this way. Korea has 4-5 large cities; Seoul, Busan, Inchon, Daegu and Daejeon. Well, the U.S. has about 100 large cities. Every one of our 50 states has a large city and some have several. For instance, Texas has Houston, San Antonio and Dallas. California has Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, etc. South Korea has some 43 Million people and the US has close to 300 million. Are you getting the picture? Someone like Michael Moore can tell you, “America has 8 times the gun deaths than South Korea. Well, Duh! We have 8 times the people! I am not saying American is more safe than Korea, but we are not 5 times as dangerous as others will make it out to be.

So, you will see more violent crimes in American than most other countries, but we are much larger than most other countries. Outside of homicides, the U.S. lags behind Europe in other crime like burglary, car thefts, and many other more common crimes. In 90% of America you will feel very safe.

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Yeah, don't be fooled by the media and movies. America is not at all as scary as they portray them. We are a giant, free country and have a lot of exposure to the world and all that seems to get outside attention is the bad stuff.

Ok.. I see. But I still hate the Gun. I very sad that Gun need for world peace.
I believe God. God will hate the Gun. God will not permit use the Gun for the peace.
Do you believe God ?
then we has to love about pepole of all color.
For the judgment day !
WE HAS TO LOVE EVERYONE ! Palestine, Iraq , North Korea, Poor Cuntry pepole.
Why need to the war ?
Why has to kill ?

Since religion should have nothing to do with this discusion. Let's look at the countries you mentioned and see how it plays into guns and war.

Iraq/Palistine - Islamic fundamentalists who misinterpret the Koran and use Jihad as a form of violence in gods name.

North Korea - Kim Jong Il is preceived by his people to be a "god." This "god" wants to bring about a nuclear holocaust.

Everyone knows the saying, "Guns don't kill people, people kill people." Lets take all the guns away in the world and there would still be war, instead we might use bow and arrow or perhaps spears. Do you get the point? There is nothing to fear about guns just those who use them in harmful ways.

War is inevitable and in my opinion a necessity at certain times. The United States has lately found itself having to play the role of judge, jury, and executioner because no one else is capable of such a duty. The world needs a guiding light of fairness and prosperity both things proven with democracy.

Believe me without the majority of guns in the right peoples hands things could be a lot worse.

THe kid got his wish.....he died

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