12-Year-Old Girl in Pennsylvania Accidentally Shot Dead by Police

[Luiz 4,253]

 

 

Ciara Meyer died after a shot aimed at her father, who had leveled a rifle at an officer, hit her instead

A police constable in Duncannon, Pa., accidentally shot and killed a 12-year-old girl at her home following an altercation with her father over an eviction notice, officials said Tuesday.

Constable Clarke Steele fired a shot at Donald Meyer that grazed his left arm before hitting his daughter Ciara, the Guardian reported.

Steele had gone to the house to “enforce an eviction order,” officials said, following which Meyer allegedly shut the door on him before opening it a second time holding a rifle. Meyer, 57, then reportedly “leveled” his gun at Steele, prompting the policeman to draw his own weapon and fire.

Meyer was treated for relatively minor injuries at a local hospital on Monday and charged with aggravated assault and recklessly endangering another person, soon after his daughter was pronounced dead at their home.

http://time.com/4178374/pennsylvania-police-shoot-kill-12-year-old-girl/

another article: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ciara-meyer-girl-aged-12-shot-dead-by-pennsylvania-police-officer-during-eviction-a6808741.html

[Didymus 34,380]

Omg.. omg I swear my brain identified the girl in that pic as StefaniGa for like two seconds. Man..

Omg tho That's so mind-bending. 12 years old.. she had her whole life ahead of her. And they were getting evicted too. That's just next level misery. Though of course, had he killed the cop, things would've been disastrous as well. Oh boy.

[TiphEret 1,320]

Crazy how policemen always "accidentally" shot people , and that's not specific to the US btw...