Police shoot teen in earthmover
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http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/06/03/bulldozer.chase/index.html
Friday, June 3, 2005 Posted: 1555 GMT (2355 HKT)
(CNN) -- A 14-year-old boy who allegedly stole an earthmover and led Tucson, Arizona, police on a 15-mile chase was critically wounded Thursday night when officers fired on the tractor as it sped toward them, a police official said.
The unidentified teen was in critical condition after being airlifted to a hospital, according to Tucson Assistant Police Chief Kermit Miller.
He apparently began his ride after stealing the large earthmover from a construction site, Miller said.
The chase began at about 8 p.m. (10 p.m. EDT) after police noticed scattered power outages in a neighborhood on Tucson's east side. They soon realized the Caterpillar bulldozer had knocked down utility poles along the road, Miller said.
He said the teen drove the construction vehicle up to 30 miles per hour at times with as many as 15 police cruisers chasing him.
After a 15-mile chase, the bulldozer turned around in an eastside Tucson residential area and began driving downhill toward the police cruisers, Miller said. That was when two officers fired shots, with at least one round hitting the teen, Miller said.
"We're assuming he was going to go over the vehicles in the roadway with the officers in them," Miller said.
Miller said police had no other way to stop the large vehicle other than to shoot.
There were no other injuries, Miller said.
Along the chase route, some utility poles and other property was damaged, he said.
Friday, June 3, 2005 Posted: 1555 GMT (2355 HKT)
(CNN) -- A 14-year-old boy who allegedly stole an earthmover and led Tucson, Arizona, police on a 15-mile chase was critically wounded Thursday night when officers fired on the tractor as it sped toward them, a police official said.
The unidentified teen was in critical condition after being airlifted to a hospital, according to Tucson Assistant Police Chief Kermit Miller.
He apparently began his ride after stealing the large earthmover from a construction site, Miller said.
The chase began at about 8 p.m. (10 p.m. EDT) after police noticed scattered power outages in a neighborhood on Tucson's east side. They soon realized the Caterpillar bulldozer had knocked down utility poles along the road, Miller said.
He said the teen drove the construction vehicle up to 30 miles per hour at times with as many as 15 police cruisers chasing him.
After a 15-mile chase, the bulldozer turned around in an eastside Tucson residential area and began driving downhill toward the police cruisers, Miller said. That was when two officers fired shots, with at least one round hitting the teen, Miller said.
"We're assuming he was going to go over the vehicles in the roadway with the officers in them," Miller said.
Miller said police had no other way to stop the large vehicle other than to shoot.
There were no other injuries, Miller said.
Along the chase route, some utility poles and other property was damaged, he said.
puggit said:
He said the teen drove the construction vehicle up to 30 miles per hour at times with as many as 15 police cruisers chasing him.
Hmm.
15 cruisers.
In one place at the same time.
Absent Royalty or Government Ministers what are the chances of that level of response in most of the UK?
LongQ said:
He said the teen drove the construction vehicle up to 30 miles per hour at times with as many as 15 police cruisers chasing him.
Hmm.
15 cruisers.
In one place at the same time.
Absent Royalty or Government Ministers what are the chances of that level of response in most of the UK?
Basically? nil.....
Unless you want to golf at Gleneagles in the next few weeks, methinks....
guizer said:
Basically? nil.....
Unless you want to golf at Gleneagles in the next few weeks, methinks....
Ah yes.
That will be like the recent dry run around Derby only more so I suppose.
A solution in number driving around looking for a problem.
My guess is that a potential terrorist or campaigner would be much easier to identify around the Gleneagles area that they would be in Derby.
Meanwhile, from another thread, US cops in Tucson can field 15 cruisers to confront a 14 years old lad in a stolen earth mover.
At night.
You wouold probably need to scour all of South East england to find 15 mobile units out at night. Tucson must be a very dangerous place.
Eliminator said:
USA - an earth mover driven at officers.
UK - carrying a chair leg carried in a menacing manner.
What does that tell us about our respective countries?
Absolutely nothing as far as I can tell. Other than there are more police on the streets in the USA.
All locally run as well afaik.
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