Another kid with a fake gun shot by a cop [View all]

[gollygee]

We had fake guns that looked very real in the 70s when I was a kid and I don't remember anyone getting shot. I think kids played with guns a LOT more back then, and yet I don't remember hearing about kids getting shot.

There is a picture of the fake gun in the story and it looks pretty real to me, and certainly would from a distance.

http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20131116/NEWS01/311160018/Battle-Creek-police-officer-shoots-14-year-old-holding-fake-gun?odyssey=mod%7Cbreaking%7Ctext%7CFrontpage&gcheck=1

He said officers were called at 11:57 a.m. for a man with gun. The caller told a 911 dispatcher a white man was walking on Upton Avenue near Washington Avenue with a woman and was carrying a gun.

Officers arrived in the area at 12:01 p.m. and reported the male was running through some bushes toward the Drive-Thru Party Factory at 250. S. Washington Ave. near Grove Street and was carrying what appeared to be handgun.

The male entered the store but then came out and was crouching near the drive-through area of the store.

The officer arrived, saw the person, and called for him to show his hands. Saylor said the investigation thus far shows that the teen produced what appeared to be a large-caliber handgun from his clothing.