12 And 14 yo children shooting at deputies with AK 47
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These "kids" were being sought for 1/2 the day because the young one is insulin dependent. The cops caught up to them at this specific house because a neighbor walking by heard glass breaking and called it in. Cops called the home owner asking if anyone was home, homeowner said no but that there were weapons and ammunition in the house.
I give the cops a lot of credit, they tried hard it seems to get these kids out peacefully. But they shot the 14 yr old cause she leveled a gun at the cops in close quarters, in the garage. They shot her and then helped to save her life, pretty incredible and had to be hard.
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Honestly, I feel bad that they obviously have had rough start to life but they need real consequences. They need to be out of the juvenile system and in the real courts to have real consequences before they do kill someone. Hopefully that includes lots of therapy but also real jail to protect everyone. They were already in a home for troubled kids because of the juvenile system and it obviously doesn't work for them.
BTW -- I'm not advocating (at this point) they be tried as adults and wind up life in prison etc, just that they are not allowed back into the child offender system where they get put in places which are insecure and unable to deal with them.