Phoenix to Pay $6.5M for Boy Paralyzed in Shooting

June 9, 2009

  • June 9, 2009 at 3:25 am
    Ouch says:
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    “As a little boy, you idolize police officers,” Quigley said. “The fact that it was a police officer who shot him is difficult to process.”

    I don’t believe the office “shot him” as much as explaining that a stray bullet found it’s way into their home and struck him while he slept – Go ahead an villify the police in the media

    My question is – why did it take 65 bullets to take down one person – Time to hit the range fellas?

  • June 10, 2009 at 9:22 am
    Nugget says:
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    The boy wasn’t shot by the police- the boy was accidentally hit by a bullet intended for an armed criminal. I would ultimately blame the criminal for putting the residents of the neighborhood in danger, not the police.
    However, I would question the wisdom of using an assault rifle in a residential neighborhood, since the lower velocity rounds fired from handguns are more likely to be stopped by walls (depending on the construction).
    So, I do think the police had a duty to only use the level of firepower appropriate to the situation and setting. Since the breach of duty was the proximate cause of this unfortunate injury, there was negligence on the part of the police force.

  • May 30, 2012 at 6:20 pm
    josefina says:
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    adrian is my bestest friend and i feel bad for this accident. he is principles honor roll since first grade he actually got a scholarship he’s in a wheelchair but he’s smart.well anyways where was i oh yeah he is the most intelligent kid in the school.i love him as a friend.<3



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