Family upset officers used deadly force against suicidal teen

[decocker 7,198]

OTTAWA, KS (KCTV) -

Authorities say an 18-year-old man was shot and killed by police officers and sheriff's deputies Saturday evening outside an Ottawa hardware store.

Family members say officers knew that the teen was suicidal, and officers didn't have to use deadly force.

Ottawa police were called about 7:50 p.m. on Saturday to Orscheln Farm and Home at 2008 S. Princeton St. on a report of a person reportedly armed with a gun.

Deputies with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office also responded to the call.

When officers arrived, they made contact with the person, later identified as Joseph Jennings, in the parking lot.

During the encounter, officers with the Ottawa Police Department and Franklin County Sheriff's Office were involved in a shooting.

Jennings was treated at the scene for gunshot wounds and transported to an Ottawa hospital where he later died.

http://www.kctv5.com/story/26355241/ottawa-police-involved-in-shooting

[JohnR! 5,495]

According to VJ, if the kid is deemed an idiot than his killing is more than justified.

Psychopathy abounds in these shores.

Edited August 26, 2014 by JohnR!

[decocker 7,198]

According to VJ, if the kid is deemed an idiot than his killing is more than justified.

Psychopathy has replaces empathy in these shores.

it must be a horrible feeling to call the cops to help you save your kid and this happens.

[eieio 1,594]

Smith said he was there on a suicide mission.

And he succeeded!

I give the kid credit. He wasn't a quitter.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

http://www.kctv5.com/story/26355241/ottawa-police-involved-in-shooting

Obliviously he was a good kid that had mental problems.

[JohnR! 5,495]

It's not horrible if it happens to the kids of others. I also learned that on VJ.

it must be a horrible feeling to call the cops to help you save your kid and this happens.