Philly Kids -- a Sign of the Times?

[MartinBrody]

Struggle with police-officer mom turns deadly for teen

Struggle with police-officer mom turns deadly for teen
By Joseph A. Gambardello
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

An argument between an off-duty Philadelphia police officer and her 16-year-old son over discipline turned into a tussle over her service pistol during which the weapon went off, killing the teenager, police said today.

No charges have been filed and the Police Department's Homicide Squad and Internal Affairs Division were both investigating Tuesday night's shooting.

Capt. Benjamin Naish, a department spokesman, said the officer, not immediately identified, was "understandably distraught."

Police said that the officer had been having unspecified trouble with her son and that an argument over discipline broke out in their home on the 5700 block of West Girard Avenue in Carroll Park about 9:30 p.m. It turned into a physical struggle, with the two wrestling for her Glock pistol.

One shot went off, hitting the boy in the head, police said.

The youth, Joshua Wright, was pronounced dead at 10 p.m. at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, police said.

Naish said other family members were in the house when the fight broke out.

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/16534952.htm

 

[jrfoxx]

very unfortunate.

 

[gunsmith]

that'll teach him

To listen when he is spoken to!

 

[PILMAN]

Just curious if theres any gun control in philly?

 

[xd45gaper]

well im sure thats how they found the kid that killed his step father was from the gun registry. dont you people watch CSI? find bullet check, scan it and compare with all registered guns in city check, cant find criminal hmmmm, oh wait criminals dont register there firearms and im sure 18yr olds in violation of the law dont either..

 

[mbt2001]

"And I looked, and behold a pale horse...."

 

[doubleg]

I'm suprised that doesn't happen to more step fathers.

 

[Justin]

Duplicate threads merged.

 

[RobW]

Teachers have no authority anymore, parents don't have authority anymore, police officers don't have authority anymore.

What do you expect?

It's our completely defunct society with "everything goes" mentality that grows and nourishes venomous snakes.

Too bad that not only "liberals", pushing this idiocy down our throats, suffer from it.

We are doomed as a nation, and will not survive the next 50 years in dignity. Last UN literacy competition placed us AFTER Uganda, Africa. Yes, the country of Idi Amin, who liked to kill a lot of his own "citizens", and some say he even eat them.

Wonderful new world .

 

[jerkyman45]

Pretty bad course of events, all of it over 2 morons with no respect for anyone. Kid wants to use a gun on his mother because he disagrees with her on disipline issues, and the other shoots his stepdad over laundry. Had the first kid just walked away he'd still be kicking, and had the other kid just picked up a couple of quarters off the street he could go to the Coin-Op and save himself the trouble of an attempted murder charge.