Maryland trooper shoots, kills teenager who had airsoft gun

[AProudLefty]

LEONARDTOWN, Md. (AP) — A Maryland State Police trooper responding to a pair of 911 calls shot and killed a teenager who was pointing what investigators determined was an airsoft gun at him, authorities said Tuesday.

The shooting occurred after state police received two 911 calls about someone acting suspicious, Superintendent Woodrow Jones II told a news conference. The first caller said he thought the person had a gun, left a telephone number but didn’t give an address before hanging up, Jones said.

A second caller gave a street address for the suspicious person that was a short distance from the Leonardtown barracks, but the caller hung up before identifying themselves, Jones said.

Jones said the trooper, who responded alone, encountered Peyton Ham, 16, who he said had a gun and a knife. According to the superintendent, a witness said they saw Ham in the driveway of the home “in a shooting stance” and pointing a weapon at the trooper.

An investigation revealed that the weapon Ham wielded was an airsoft gun, which is commonly used to shoot BBs and which Jones called “a close representation of an actual handgun.”


He was white. Discuss.

https://wtop.com/maryland/2021/04/sh...lice-barracks/

[Underdog]

Airsoft guns look very very real under stress, did he remove the orange tip indicating it not a real gun?


Remember, you have the rest of your life to win a gun fight.

[AProudLefty]

Airsoft guns look very very real under stress, did he remove the orange tip indicating it not a real gun?


Remember, you have the rest of your life to win a gun fight.

It does not say that but you're probably correct.

[T. A. Gardner]

If you were a cop at say 30 to 40 feet from the suspect and they pointed this at you, what would you're immediate reaction be?



The kid was utterly and completely stupid. The cop shot him because he had reasonable belief he was being threatened with a deadly weapon.

[evince]

Airsoft guns look very very real under stress, did he remove the orange tip indicating it not a real gun?


Remember, you have the rest of your life to win a gun fight.

So citizens have to preform perfectly and cops are allowed to be imperfect with immunity


Fucking fascist

[evince]

It was suicide by cop folks

[Underdog]

So citizens have to preform perfectly and cops are allowed to be imperfect with immunity


Fucking fascist

Fuck you clown.



if I modify a very real looking fake gun to look very real and I start brandishing and threatening with it, how long would you wait before finding out if it's real or not?

[Underdog]

If you were a cop at say 30 to 40 feet from the suspect and they pointed this at you, what would you're immediate reaction be?



The kid was utterly and completely stupid. The cop shot him because he had reasonable belief he was being threatened with a deadly weapon.

exactly even if he didn't paint or remove the flash hider so it wasn't orange, head on, that thing looks very very real.


I would have opened volley.

[evince]

Fuck you clown.



if I modify a very real looking fake gun to look very real and I start brandishing and threatening with it, how long would you wait before finding out if it's real or not?

He wanted to die asshole

[Grokmaster]

" teenager who was pointing what investigators determined was an airsoft gun at him"

HOW IS THAT THE OFFICER'S FAULT?

[evince]

exactly even if he didn't paint or remove the flash hider so it wasn't orange, head on, that thing looks very very real.


I would have opened volley.

Like the kid wanted


It was suicide by cop

[Turgid Member]

He wanted to die asshole

hahahah I have to interject here you two seem to be 100% in agreement.

[evince]

" teenager who was pointing what investigators determined was an airsoft gun at him"

HOW IS THAT THE OFFICER'S FAULT?

They failed to properly access the situation

[AProudLefty]

" teenager who was pointing what investigators determined was an airsoft gun at him"

HOW IS THAT THE OFFICER'S FAULT?

It's not about if it's his fault. It's about if the gun looked real. Big Money asked a legit question... did the boy remove the orange tip or paint over it?

[leaningright]

I'm sorry but an Airsoft gun with our without the orange tip looks too real to be brandishing when confronted by a law enforcement official. Sorry for the kid's family but I can't fault the officer.