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Police: NC teen fatally shot self in head while handcuffed
DURHAM, N.C. Officials in North Carolina are investigating how a teen allegedly shot himself in the head while handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser, reports CBS affiliate WNCT.
Durham Police Chief Jose Lopez said Wednesday afternoon at a news conference that Jesus Huerta, 17, died of a self-inflicted gunshot would to the head in November. Lopez said a handgun was found in the car and that Huerta was still handcuffed from behind, according to the station.
"The medical examiner's office has confirmed that Jesus Huerta died from a gunshot wound to his head," Lopez said. "Whether that wound was accidental or intentional is unknown at this time."
According to CBS affiliate WRAL, Huerta was picked up early on Nov. 19 on a trespassing warrant stemming from a July incident, after family members reported concerns for his safety in a 911 call.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-teen-shot-self-in-head-while-handcuffed-in-cop-car/
DURHAM, N.C. Officials in North Carolina are investigating how a teen allegedly shot himself in the head while handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser, reports CBS affiliate WNCT.
Durham Police Chief Jose Lopez said Wednesday afternoon at a news conference that Jesus Huerta, 17, died of a self-inflicted gunshot would to the head in November. Lopez said a handgun was found in the car and that Huerta was still handcuffed from behind, according to the station.
"The medical examiner's office has confirmed that Jesus Huerta died from a gunshot wound to his head," Lopez said. "Whether that wound was accidental or intentional is unknown at this time."
According to CBS affiliate WRAL, Huerta was picked up early on Nov. 19 on a trespassing warrant stemming from a July incident, after family members reported concerns for his safety in a 911 call.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-teen-shot-self-in-head-while-handcuffed-in-cop-car/
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Police: NC teen fatally shot self in head while handcuffed (Original Post)
FreakinDJ
Dec 2013
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Th1onein
(8,514 posts)1. Yeah, unless you're in law enforcement, and you think you are "THE LAW," and
you get off every single time you kill someone just because you feel like it, you probably can't understand how something like this could happen!
Liars and murderers, all of them.
BlueToTheBone
(3,747 posts)2. Was that with 2 shots
to the back of the head?
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)3. In the last year or two, didn't another young man shoot himself while
hand-cuffed in the back of a police car? This happened in another state down south - maybe even the same state.
ETA: It happened in Houston and there's another article about it happening in Arkansas, too. Seems like it happens fairly often..............Wow!
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/05/15702942-police-handcuffed-high-school-student-shoots-self-in-back-of-police-car?lite
http://gawker.com/5931368/police-say-handcuffed-man-in-back-of-cop-car-shot-himself-in-the-head-mother-they-killed-him
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)4. See previous thread:
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)5. "...pausing briefly to reload."
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