COPS SHOOT 13-YEAR-OLD PISTOL PACKING BOY

13-year-old lures police to San Bernardino cemetery, where he is wounded after firing gun, they say 

 

By Jonah Valdez 

 

The San Bernardino Sun

August 6, 2021 

 

 

Weapons used by the suspect were recovered at the scene after the boy was shot

 

Police shot and wounded a 13-year-old boy armed with two handguns during a standoff at a San Bernardino cemetery on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 5, that started with him saying he had killed three – which turned out to be untrue, authorities said.

The teenager called police just before 2 p.m. from Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, at 211 E. 9th St., and said he had killed three people, San Bernardino police said in a statement.

He then told dispatchers that if the responding officers don’t kill him, “I’ll have to kill them,” then fired several shots while on the call, police said, with bystanders about.

San Bernardino police released photos of the 13-year-old firing into the air.

Responding officers saw the boy holding a handgun, police said, and they surrounded him and called on him to surrender and he fired another shot.

“Despite the suspect’s provocation, the officers maintained containment for an extended period of time and continued their efforts to end the incident peacefully by establishing a dialogue,” police said in the statement. “Although officers gave numerous commands to drop the gun, the suspect failed to comply.”

At one point, police said, the boy pointed a gun at officers, prompting at least one officer to shoot the boy.

The teen was hit once by gunfire and hospitalized. Police did not disclose his condition.

Police found two handguns and multiple loaded magazines and extra ammunition inside a backpack, they said.