The Trouble With Intrusive Teenagers
Posted by Slobokan @ 14:06 · 136 words · print
An off-duty New Haven police officer shot and critically wounded his 18-year-old daughter, apparently mistaking her for an intruder after she sneaked out of their Stratford home and re-entered through the basement.
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Investigators said Tasha Scott left her home late Monday to meet a boyfriend. She triggered a backyard motion sensor light as she tried to enter through a basement door.
Awakened by the light, Eric Scott spotted someone moving in the basement bathroom, police said. He fired his department-issued pistol once, hitting the teen in the knee. The bullet traveled up her leg and lodged in her thigh area, police said.
Isn't it common practice to warn an intruder before opening fire? Surely his daughter would have recognized his voice, and he hers. No?
Who knows? Lord knows I don't.
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