17-year-old holding fake gun during robbery shot dead by Jacksonville police [View all]

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The weapon used by the suspect in the robbery. Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said it was later determined to be a plastic replica of a Colt 1911 handgun, spray-painted black.

Officers were staking out store that had been held up in past two months.
Posted: January 14, 2012 - 7:46am | Updated: January 15, 2012 - 9:58am
By Drew Dixon , Jim Schoettler

A 17-year-old boy was killed by Jacksonville police officers early Saturday after police said he used a fake gun to hold up a Westside convenience store.

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The two officers watched through the store window as the teen pointed a gun at two clerks in the store, Hackney said, and the clerk gave him cash as the fake gun — later determined to be spray-painted black — was pointed at them.

The teen then ran out of the front door of the store where he was confronted by the two police officers. Hackney said the officers drew their weapons and ordered the teen to halt and surrender.

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Hackney said the officers fired a combined volley of seven to eight bullets at Ruise with most hitting him in the torso. Ruise was still holding the fake gun when he hit the ground. Two slugs from the guns fired by the police hit a nearby plastic fence, Hackney said.

Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2012-01-14/story/17-year-old-holding-fake-gun-during-robbery-shot-dead-jacksonville#ixzz1jZ7hy2tK

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