Parents of Orlando-area teen sue sheriff’s office over fatal school shooting:
The parents of Christopher Penley are suing the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office in Florida.
In January 2006, 15-year-old Christopher took a pellet gun and altered it to look like a real gun. He took the gun to Milwee Middle School where he used the gun to take a classmate hostage then held police at bay. Lt. Mike Weippert, who did not know the gun was not real, made the split-second decision to shoot Penley. Penley died at the hospital two days later after being declared brain-dead and taken off life support.
Weippert was cleared of any wrongdoing and from what I’ve heard from people who claim to know him, he was very distraught over the incident.
Penley’s parents are seeking unspecified damages. I feel bad for the Penley’s but as I’ve stated before, but their son sealed his own fate by pointing a gun at police. If Christopher had not brought the gun to school and acted like it was a real firearm, police would have never been called, and he’d still be alive. We are all responsible for our own actions.
If I were a judge, I would never let this case see a courtroom.
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