• Cincy, OH: Man shot and killed on Fountain Square
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[URL=http://www.fox19.com/story/15310280/family-grieves-police-investigate-deadly-shooting-by-a-police-officer-on-fountain-square]Source[/url] CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) -There are two pictures being painted of 16-year-old Davon Mullins, the teen who struggled with a Cincinnati Police Officer Saturday night, and ultimately lost his life. Chief of Police James Craig told reporters Monday morning that no officer goes on duty with the intention of killing a person. Police say the trouble all started at Sawyer Point Saturday evening at the Midwest Black Family Reunion. They got reports that guns had been tossed over a fence into the crowd of people gathered for the reunion. Officer Oscar Cyranek spotted Mullins, who matched one of the descriptions police had gotten, and the officer became even more suspicious as he watched Mullins walking away from Sawyer Point, towards downtown, clutching the right side of his waist. Police say Officer Cyranek followed Mullins on foot toward Fountain Square, and continually maneuvered to get a better look at Mullins' right side, and that Mullins jaywalked and even walked backwards to keep the officer from seeing it. Minutes later as the two approached the square, the Officer tried to head Mullins off - as the teen walked around Fountain Square, the Officer headed directly onto the square. The two met at a pedestrian Breezeway on the north side of the square. Officer Cyranek confronted Mullins, and started to pat him down. When he felt a hard object on the teen, investigators say Mullins got very agitated, and the two began to struggle. Officer Cyranek says he saw Mullins pull a 9 millimeter handgun, and put his finger on the trigger, so he backed away from the teen, but in a matter of seconds, Mullins pointed the weapon towards the officer, and Cyranek fired twice. Mullins was later pronounced dead at University Hospital. Monday, the teen's family told Fox 19 that Davon was a "good kid" who liked school, earned good grades, and loved playing basketball at Taft High School. He was a sophomore this year, and attended the first four days of school this year, before the weekend's events ended his life. Leona Mullins says she does not understand why she's lost her son, and that he didn't deserve to die the way he did. Police Chief James Craig says youth violence will not be tolerated, and that Officer Cyranek did what no officer wants to do - end the life of another person. Why Davon Mullins was downtown Saturday, armed, is still unknown. Davon leaves behind an older sister and a younger brother. Arrangements are still pending. Police say he did have a criminal history; he had been charged with felony robbery as a juvenile. The rest of his juvenile record is sealed under Ohio law. Sad as this is, the officer did the right thing. He would've been killed if he hadn't opened fire on this fool.
It makes me sad when the parent's of these kids say their kid was "nice and always did good things". It just means the teen led a secret second life of nothing but bad intentions behind their parent's backs and that just upsets me...
I wonder what color Davon's gun was.
Pretty much the only response they could've had at the time.
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;31905756]Pretty much the only response they could've had at the time.[/QUOTE] It was a kill or be killed situation pretty much, his finger was on the trigger and he was ready to shoot. There will still be twats who get up in arms about this though, it is why we can't have nice things.
waiting for inevitable "fuck the pigs :downs:" post
Really, if he was good kid why did he have a gun on him?
[QUOTE=imarawrus;31906247]Really, if he was good kid why did he have a gun on him?[/QUOTE] and why did he have a felony charge on his record? "He was a good kid, except that one time when he got charged with felony burglary, oh and that one time when he had a weapon at him and tried to kill an officer." I mean, I guess I don't expect them to say "oh he was a shitty kid" But I wouldn't say he was the best kid ever.
he shouldn't of pulled the gun out on an officer
There's a Chipotle on that square, I like Chipotle. No one seems to be disputing the fact this teen was armed. I'd tell his mom "If your 16yr is walking around a public street carrying a gun, then yeah he deserved to die like that" no matter how good his grades were.
[QUOTE=MaveDustaine;31906070]waiting for inevitable "fuck the pigs :downs:" post[/QUOTE] fuck the pigs [editline]23rd August 2011[/editline] kill them all
I need to watch Local 12 more. This is just a damn shame.
I don't know why people are flipping out. The use of deadly force is authorized protect himself or others against the immediate threat of death or serious bodily injury. Having a gun pulled on you is pretty much immediate threat of death or injury. The officer could have really jumped the gun with such suspicions but instead he did the leg work, followed and waited for the right time. The situation nearly ended peacefully, but the kid decided to pull a gun out. His own fault, I don't care about the whole bullshit he is a "good kid" who liked school, earned good grades, and loved playing basketball at Taft High School." Ok, every parent says their kid is good and millions of people/kids play sports. That does not provide a description of his character, it is merely his activities. Gang members play basketball, co-workers/friends that worked with me at my department play basketball. Most of that shit is completely irreverent, news is trying to play the whole "Cop is bad" mentality again. Personally from my experience, youth violence is the worst. They breed some of the worst criminals, I've seen a old guy commit murder and be more sorry about the whole situation then some kid that grew up in the "system." Kids can really be cold when it comes to violent crimes.
I agree with you MR-X. I really want to see the reaction and perception of the neighborhood the kid was from on this. I wonder whether or not they'll be calling the cop a killer or saying the kid was in the wrong.
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