Washington man fatally shoots 17-year-old who had BB gun, says he 'had a duty to act'
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Aaron Brown Myers tells police he thought the teens had a Glock and were about to commit an armed robbery. The teens say they told him they only had BB guns.

Myers, who says he’s a licensed security guard, was sitting in his car Wednesday to conduct “overwatch” while his son trains because “he has seen numerous crimes occur” in the parking lot, according to the probable cause statement.

The surveillance footage shows Myers approach the teens with a gun in his hand, point it directly at them and then move quickly toward them, police said. One of the boys pulls a BB gun out of his pocket, lays it on the ground and extends his arms out as if to show he has nothing in his hands, police said in the document.

“Immediately after … it is clear that he has been shot because he abruptly jerks his body away from Myers and falls to the ground,” the document says.

  • girlfreddy@lemmy.ca
    1273·
    6 months ago

    “Myers felt like he did not have time to call 911, and that he had a duty to act to stop the individuals from hurting someone innocent, and to protect his son, who was in the location next door,” according to the police report.

    No time to call 911 my ass.

    Fucking murderer didn’t want anyone else getting the credit for his kill.

    • Riccosuave@lemmy.worldEnglish
      42·
      6 months ago

      You want to know what is even more fucked up. The Renton police King County Sherriff’s office was conducting an emergency response drill in the same parking lot less than 250 feet away from where his car was AT THE EXACT SAME TIME THIS HAPPENED. He didn’t have to “call the fucking police”, he could have literally rolled down his window and screamed for help, and they would have come running. Also the police station is literally like 3 blocks away from where this store is located anyway. Fuck this dumb cunt. If it was up to me he would be getting life in prison without the possibility of parole.

      Edit: (Source)

    • buttfarts@lemy.lol
      20·
      6 months ago

      Justifiable homicide fetishist: “Today is my day”

      He probably imagined glowing headlines about his great heroism and vigilance

    • ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.world
      412·
      6 months ago

      No time to call 911 my ass.

      Let’s be real, here. If those guys were intending to commit a violent crime, and were literally in the parking lot of the establishment they were going to commit a crime at, do you really think a call to 911 would have resulted in anyone on the scene any earlier than long after the crime had been committed?

      It didn’t justify his action, obviously, but come on. This isn’t Night City where cops magically materialize on scene the moment something suspicious happens, lol

      • Zink@programming.dev
        81·
        6 months ago

        I mean, if I’m going to go initiate an armed conflict with some criminals, I’d want backup on the way no matter what, right?

        But that wasn’t going through this maniac’s mind. He was way too excited about it being his time to act!

      • AA5B@lemmy.world
        51·
        6 months ago

        Ah, yes: pre-crime. Gotta shoot em early before they commit a crime

        • ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.world
          14·
          6 months ago

          Try reading what I wrote again, you clearly failed on the first pass.

          I’m saying he shouldn’t have done anything, but also that he is definitely correct that calling 911 wouldn’t have prevented anything in the worst case scenario.

          • AA5B@lemmy.world
            31·
            6 months ago

            I think this is where most such efforts fail; this is the “good guy with a gun” fallacy. It’s usually NOT “the worst case scenario”, and people are bad at recognizing this (in both directions)

            • ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.world
              11·
              6 months ago

              Holy fuck it’s not that deep, the literal only point I’m making is that police response times are typically slow. That’s all.

              this is the “good guy with a gun” fallacy.

              From me? No certainly is not, because I’m not saying that the above fact justified his vigilantism.

              Can you guys stop ignoring that part of what I write? It’s getting obnoxious having to keep repeating myself.