Yahoo NewsWILLOW CREEK, Calif. (AP) — A California Highway Patrol officer shot and killed a 17-year-old who attacked him with a machete, and the officer was hospitalized with major injuries, officials said.
The officer had responded to a report of a car hitting a telephone pole Thursday in the Humboldt County community of Willow Creek, CHP Capt. Adam Jager told the Eureka Times-Standard (http://bit.ly/1DVeozS ).
The officer and the boy stepped to the rear of the damaged car when the teen attacked the officer, Jager said. The officer raised his left arm to defend himself, Jager said, and also was struck on the hand and face.
Jager said the officer shot the teen an undisclosed number of times before locking himself in his patrol car and calling for backup. The teenager returned to his car and was honking the horn, Jager said.
Another officer arrived about 10 minutes later and found the teen lying naked next to his car, Jager said. The boy did not respond to the officer’s commands, and the officer used a stun gun to place the teen in handcuffs. Jager described the teen as “completely erratic and irrational.”
Paramedics treated the boy, who died at the scene. Officials said they had no history with the teen and the motive for the attack was unclear.
Officials did not immediately release the name of the teen or the officer, who was in stable condition. He has been on the job for two years and recently transferred from the San Francisco Bay Area to Humboldt County, about 100 miles south of the Oregon state line.
Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District Superintendent Jon Ray told the newspaper that several area schools closed Friday in light of the incident.
“It has a large impact, especially with students and kids, when they know somebody and know them very well and see them every day at school,” Ray said. “It is hard to get through something like that.”
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Information from: Times-Standard, http://www.times-standard.com
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This is where(the closest town) I use to grow.
Judging from the description the kid was “dosed” during a deal on the rez. He was probably messed up and thought the officer was going to arrest him for trafficking. This happens(people getting dosed) often out on the Hoopa rez. They normally dont make it far and then disappear forever. That or he is just another tweeked out local.
nottoobitter is absolutely right about that area.
IF you’re going to use ANYTHING other than a gun against a gun, you’d better make damn sure the first strike either kills, or totally incapacitates.
Otherwise, you end up like this loser.
“Another officer arrived about 10 minutes later and found the teen lying naked next to his car, Jager said.”
I’ve got to get out of this lunatic asylum.
Hahahaha! Yep. This story makes about as much sense as that NYPD story.
I actually believe most of the story. This is a town of outlaws and others who want to be “in the woods” .
I believe it too, NTB.
That’s why I have to leave. (one of MANY reasons, actually)
my daughter called it. she said, how much do you want to bet he’s native. I could easily say he was defending himself just as easy as they can say the same. the stories are always slanted to the point I no longer believe anything reported on the news especially when it comes to us natives. oh the stories I could tell. it took the death of my sister and many others that I’ve lost hope in ever getting that back.
he didn’t respond to his commands because he lay dying writhing in pain from all the bullet holes in him so for good measure he tazed him? I guess the autopsy report will show that’s exactly what happened.
A 60 year old machete wielding woman was shot by police last night in Colfax, WI. I guess the police felt their lives were in danger and had no choice. To me, it sounds like a pretty sad state of affairs if you have to shoot a sixty year old woman because your sorry @ss felt threatened. And what’s up with the popularity of machetes.
I guess the local blacksmith was out of medieval swords. 😉
lol 😆
A string of machete attacks???
Sounds like some mk ultra turning on its robots/zombies.