Texas police shoot, kill man armed with gun at youth summer camp

[Kurr]

Texas police shoot, kill man armed with gun at youth summer camp, authorities say

Police in Duncanville, Texas, shot and killed a man armed with a gun after he walked into a building where children were attending a summer youth camp, authorities said.

www.foxnews.com

Officers responded around 8:45 a.m. to reports that a man with a gun was inside the building, where about 150 children were attending a summer camp, Duncanville Police Officer Michelle Arias told reporters at the scene.

"Officers located a subject armed with a gun and engaged the subject," Arias said. "The subject was struck and officers provided first aid. The suspect was transported to the hospital and later pronounced deceased."

Kind of short on details, makes me wonder, have our chances of being shot by an overzealous officer responding to "man with a gun" gone up?

The story simples states a man armed with a gun walked into "a facility" where children were attending a summer youth camp. No additional information about the man or why he entered the building was immediately available. Also doesn't state if it was a GFZ or not.

Police said the summer campers were being moved from the Fieldhouse to the Duncanville Recreation Center, where parents could pick them up.

Was he just there to pick up his kids? Definitely not a fan of how this story was reported.



Edit: to add: https://www.duncanville.com/departments/parks-recreation/recreation-center-2/ I do not see a no firearms rule listed in the facilities rules

 

[Cavman]

Texas police shoot, kill man armed with gun at youth summer camp, authorities say

Police in Duncanville, Texas, shot and killed a man armed with a gun after he walked into a building where children were attending a summer youth camp, authorities said.

www.foxnews.com

Kind of short on details, makes me wonder, have our chances of being shot by an overzealous officer responding to "man with a gun" gone up?

The story simples states a man armed with a gun walked into "a facility" where children were attending a summer youth camp. No additional information about the man or why he entered the building was immediately available. Also doesn't state if it was a GFZ or not.



Was he just there to pick up his kids? Definitely not a fan of how this story was reported.



Edit: to add: https://www.duncanville.com/departments/parks-recreation/recreation-center-2/ I do not see a no firearms rule listed in the facilities rules

Definitely reported horribly. Leaves tons of questions

 

[KG1]

Have'nt seen any updates yet. The latest is that the police have yet to determine why the deceased was there with a gun. Now I suppose it might take a bit of time to investigate who he was and what the reason is for why he was there. But this screams for an update ASAP.

 

[bwframe]

 

[Ark]

Yeah there's basically nothing in that source. Could be literally anything.

 

[Expat]

Hopefully he wasn't the camp's shooting instructor

 

[bwframe]

...Subject to press discretion.

 

[KG1]

...Subject to press discretion.

They have to try and see if they can squeeze a narrative out of it first.

 

[KLB]

I searched a lot and could find little information. MWAG calls. Police arrived in two minutes, found the guy and shot him. He was supposedly looking for a woman. No word on threats or if the weapon was even drawn

 

[actaeon277]

Well, you don't think journalists would... journal

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

I'm going to jump to a conclusion that the police were 100% in the wrong.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

Police Fatally Shoot Armed Man at Duncanville Fieldhouse; Campers Unharmed

An armed person is dead after being shot by police at the Duncanville Field House Monday morning where children were inside attending summer camps Monday morning, police say.

www.nbcdfw.com

 

[Creedmoor]

I'm going to jump to a conclusion that the police were 100% in the wrong.

How high does one have to jump, to land on a conclusion?

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

How high does one have to jump, to land on a conclusion?

Not very.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Police Fatally Shoot Armed Man at Duncanville Fieldhouse; Campers Unharmed

An armed person is dead after being shot by police at the Duncanville Field House Monday morning where children were inside attending summer camps Monday morning, police say.

www.nbcdfw.com

Sounds like the police acted appropriately to me!

 

[Kurr]

That article makes it sound like it was a good shoot. Shooting out a door, and exchanging gunfire with the police.

 

[Rookie]

He was just turning his life around.

 

[jerrob]

I will not wager an opinion with details almost non-existent at this time.
I will say, in this environment, if you enter a summer camp with a gun, expect to be engaged by law enforcement.................. We cannot have this both ways.

Edit: after reading doggydaddy's link, sounds to me like LEOs did exactly what we expect them to do in this kinda situation.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

if you enter a school with a gun, expect to be engaged by law enforcement

Unless you're in Uvalde, TX. Then, expect law enforcement to stand around with their thumbs up their asses while you kill as many kids as you want, then claim that they didn't have a radio because it interferes with the use of their guns... or something.

 

[Kurr]

This was NOT a school.