One of the deputies twice ordered Andy to drop the weapon, according to a witness, police said.
The teen was about 20 or 30 feet away from the deputies with his back toward them when he began turning around with what one deputy described as the barrel of the rifle rising up and turning in his direction, police said.
I know of no 13-year olds stupid enough to raise a pellet rifle at a cop with a drawn weapon after two warnings, let alone hold onto one.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
The timeline released by Santa Rosa police says those shots were fired within 10 seconds of the deputies' first report of a suspicious person.
10 until the first or last shot?
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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."