10-year-old boy shot by deputy during capture of suspect


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DOUGLAS, GA (WALB) -

Coffee County Sheriff Doyle Wooten confirmed late Thursday night that a 10-year-old boy was shot while investigators stormed the scene where they said the suspect in a shooting traveled to.
Douglas Police Chief Gary Casteloes said the suspect, who shot an officer in the leg, was captured around 7:30 p.m. The suspect was identified as 19-year-old Christopher Barnett.

Investigators said Barnett was found outside a home in a trailer park on Burton Road in the Bethel community outside Douglas. They said he wandered into the trailer park and had made friendly conversation with some of the residents there.

The family who lives on the property said their 10-year-old son was shot in the back of the knee. Sheriff Wooten later confirmed that the boy, identified by the family as Dakota Corbitt, had been shot by one of the deputies at the scene.

The bullet entered from the back of the knee and exited out of the front of the child's leg. He was initially taken to Coffee Regional Medical Center for treatment, but was later sent to Savannah Memorial Hospital for surgery.

But the situation of how the child was shot remains somewhat unclear.

Sheriff Wooten said a deputy, who was not named, was on approaching the property when a dog ran up to him. The deputy's gun fired one shot, missing the dog and hitting the child. It was not immediately clear if the gun was actively fired by the deputy.

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Fact: cops are at least 5x as likely to hit an innocent bystander as licensed civilians.

FFM: this is exactly the training and tactics issue we've discussed.

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These sorts of incidents could be stopped overnight if police officers were made financially liable for any medical costs and lawsuits relating to the harming of innocent bystanders. Officers would be a lot more hesitant to shoot unidentified targets if they knew it could bankrupt them.

 

Personally I'd strip officers like this of their weapons and send them into dangerous neighbourhoods alone, as that would give them a sense of what their victims feel.

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These sorts of incidents could be stopped overnight if police officers were made financially liable for any medical costs and lawsuits relating to the harming of innocent bystanders. Officers would be a lot more hesitant to shoot unidentified targets if they knew it could bankrupt them.

Personally I'd strip officers like this of their weapons and send them into dangerous neighbourhoods alone, as that would give them a sense of what their victims feel.

That's not a bad idea but criminals could take advantage of this as well and put the officer in a very sad situation.
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That's not a bad idea but criminals could take advantage of this as well and put the officer in a very sad situation.

Indeed, but that's the incentive not to shoot innocent bystanders (not that they should need any incentive).

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It does not make sense, unless the child was behind the dog. I can see here clearly a lawsuit from the family.

The first thing you're taught is 'watch your background.' He obviously didn't.

As FFM and I have discussed at length, in a lot of the US police firearms and tactical training is abysmal. Doesn't matter if it's rural or city, many of them only have to qualify with their weapons every few months to as long as 2+ years. Between qualifications they may never unholster, much less shoot, their weapon. Even during qualification it may only be 25-50 rounds at a target a few meters distant in a stand-up range - not a tactical range.

It's a huge problem that FBI and DoJ have been trying to tackle, but with limited success. The municipalities don't want to spend the money or even think it's necessary.

The end result is that the licensed civilians are often better trained than the cops are because the vast majority of us take it seriously and train, a lot. I burn through 200+ rounds a month, some on a tactical range.

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Fact: cops are at least 5x as likely to hit an innocent bystander as licensed civilians.

FFM: this is exactly the training and tactics issue we've discussed.

 

And cops are 100 times as likely to have to fire their weapon under extreme and uncertain conditions.

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These sorts of incidents could be stopped overnight if police officers were made financially liable for any medical costs and lawsuits relating to the harming of innocent bystanders. Officers would be a lot more hesitant to shoot unidentified targets if they knew it could bankrupt them.

 

Personally I'd strip officers like this of their weapons and send them into dangerous neighbourhoods alone, as that would give them a sense of what their victims feel.

That's sounds like emotion my friend.  :) Also, similar to what I said about the Dad that left his kid in the car as that said officer would most likely be killed swiftly.

Here's Oakland, CA for instance. 

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I think the deputy was startled by the dog, and didn't aim carefully.

 

I hope the kid can be healed, tho it sounds like he will have problems for life.

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Fact: cops are at least 5x as likely to hit an innocent bystander as licensed civilians.

FFM: this is exactly the training and tactics issue we've discussed.

There are a good deal of legitimate reasons for that that have nothing to do with training. It's not a legitimate argument for arming more civilians.

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That's sounds like emotion my friend.

Actually, it's called hyperbole. That's obviously not a sensible solution to the problem but something needs to be done to make these officers accountable and to prevent them from shooting innocent bystanders. Any officer who cannot be trusted with firearms should not be allowed to carry them and should face prosecution where force is clearly reckless or excessive. I mean, the other day there was footage of a police officer repeatedly and violently punching a woman in the face - there is never any excuse for punching a suspect in the face. Officers like that should be in jail.

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WOW, Neowin is full of gang members I'm sure...

 

"the suspect, who shot an officer in the leg" no word for the officer shot hum? Who cares right, one less cop....

 

But a cop get's in a life or death experience shot's at a dog misses, hit's a kid leg and boom the cop's should all be gone... Heck let's go back to the cowboys days, that was so much better.... :angry:

 

Wow USA is so amazing, one hand all the hate going to cop's for firing and defending their own life (because of course cops are bastards, with no family, no 3 or 4 year old son's waiting for the dad to come home at end of the day) and on the other hand "Let's all have 100 UZIS close to our belly to defend ourselves, heck let's enter with assault weapons on every place on the planet even if it scares small children, makes people doubt of it's a robbery etc... Bunch of hypocrites.

 

And yes I hate the comments here, I'm a son of police officer my entire 30 years life, my dad has been shot 2 times... 2 times I cried not knowing if I was losing my dad...

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These sorts of incidents could be stopped overnight if police officers were made financially liable for any medical costs and lawsuits relating to the harming of innocent bystanders. Officers would be a lot more hesitant to shoot unidentified targets if they knew it could bankrupt them.

 

Personally I'd strip officers like this of their weapons and send them into dangerous neighbourhoods alone, as that would give them a sense of what their victims feel.

 

Make police financially liable is not the way to go.  Making officers hesitant in situations they need to think quick is not the way to go. Make the city, county, state...whatever....liable.  Make them properly train their officers...have stricter qualifications for operating a firearm.

 

And I really hope the last part of your comment was sarcasm. 

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WOW, Neowin is full of gang members I'm sure...

 

"the suspect, who shot an officer in the leg" no word for the officer shot hum? Who cares right, one less cop....

 

But a cop get's in a life or death experience shot's at a dog misses, hit's a kid leg and boom the cop's should all be gone... Heck let's go back to the cowboys days, that was so much better.... :angry:

 

Wow USA is so amazing, one hand all the hate going to cop's for firing and defending their own life (because of course cops are bastards, with no family, no 3 or 4 year old son's waiting for the dad to come home at end of the day) and on the other hand "Let's all have 100 UZIS close to our belly to defend ourselves, heck let's enter with assault weapons on every place on the planet even if it scares small children, makes people doubt of it's a robbery etc... Bunch of hypocrites.

 

And yes I hate the comments here, I'm a son of police officer my entire 30 years life, my dad has been shot 2 times... 2 times I cried not knowing if I was losing my dad...

Sorry to hear about your dad, but the cop wasn't shooting at the suspect.  That's plain and simple.  He was shooting at a dog, that likely wasn't even attacking him.  Not knowing the full story, it's hard to say, but I've seen videos of cops shooting dogs even when there is absolutely no clear threat.  One even had the dog down on the ground with a pole and noose, and pull his gun and shot the dog.

 

The plain and simple fact is he shot someone that wasn't involved in any way and the suspect wasn't the one being shot at.  There is nothing to say about the suspect shooting the other cop in this story. 

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Actually, it's called hyperbole. That's obviously not a sensible solution to the problem but something needs to be done to make these officers accountable and to prevent them from shooting innocent bystanders. Any officer who cannot be trusted with firearms should not be allowed to carry them and should face prosecution where force is clearly reckless or excessive. I mean, the other day there was footage of a police officer repeatedly and violently punching a woman in the face - there is never any excuse for punching a suspect in the face. Officers like that should be in jail.

I agree.

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He was shooting at a dog, that likely wasn't even attacking him.  Not knowing the full story, it's hard to say, but I've seen videos of cops shooting dogs even when there is absolutely no clear threat.  One even had the dog down on the ground with a pole and noose, and pull his gun and shot the dog.

 

The plain and simple fact is he shot someone that wasn't involved in any way and the suspect wasn't the one being shot at.  There is nothing to say about the suspect shooting the other cop in this story. 

 

BOLD, exactly, nobody here knows, they are just picking the train of hate...

 

How do anyone here knows if the dog couldn't kill the cop?

 

Have any of you been seriously bitten by dog? I have seen with my own eyes a girl from school (she was 6 ) bitten to the point the face was mostly destroyed she took years and years of surgery.

 

And why not talk about suspect shooting the other cop? Why not say "criminal scumbag" as a reply to this topic, why only hate on cops and "oh, let's restrict all of them"... See my point?

 

Now this is nothing new around here, I even avoid reading topic's like this one because I know it's all about the incompetent cop and murder cop.

 

Cops aren't perfect, they will never be as long as they are human beings.

 

But people around here should been a couple of times in a life/death experience, to see that no matter how much preparation and training IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO BE FULLY READY...

 

Heck I was soldier for 2 years, months and months of training, all day long, sleeping with my G3, running with her, jumping with her, laying down with her, clocking the time it took to disassemble, clean and assemble her, shooting Automatic and semi-automatic and I wasn't a master at shooting and handling a G3.

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There are a good deal of legitimate reasons for that that have nothing to do with training. It's not a legitimate argument for arming more civilians.

Nice attempt at trying to make this another typical thread about civilian gun ownership and rights.

 

Nobody said anything about arming more citizens, just that in a lot of cases, civilians are better trained than a lot of police officers out there.

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So basically the cop pulled a Jack Bauer. Did he at least interrogate the 10 year old boy after words?

 

"WHERE IS IT!!!!!, WHERE IS IT!!!!!"

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BOLD, exactly, nobody here knows, they are just picking the train of hate...

 

How do anyone here knows if the dog couldn't kill the cop?

 

Have any of you been seriously bitten by dog? I have seen with my own eyes a girl from school (she was 6 ) bitten to the point the face was mostly destroyed she took years and years of surgery.

 

And why not talk about suspect shooting the other cop? Why not say "criminal scumbag" as a reply to this topic, why only hate on cops and "oh, let's restrict all of them"... See my point?

You're doing the same thing you say others do. Train of hate? I didn't see that anywhere.

You're talking about a girl that is 6 versus a full grown man. And that man has a gun. If he REALLY had to shoot, he could have waited until the dog was basically right next to him, hold out his arm, and shoot the dog point-blank.

I'm not saying anyone is fully ready for these things, but don't act like everyone is against cops when that isn't the case.

I do see your point, but your posts are more full of hate than anyone else in this thread and you don't know the full story either.

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You're doing the same thing you say others do. Train of hate? I didn't see that anywhere.

You're talking about a girl that is 6 versus a full grown man. And that man has a gun. If he REALLY had to shoot, he could have waited until the dog was basically right next to him, hold out his arm, and shoot the dog point-blank.

I'm not saying anyone is fully ready for these things, but don't act like everyone is against cops when that isn't the case.

I do see your point, but your posts are more full of hate than anyone else in this thread and you don't know the full story either.

 

Ok, last post.

 

"You're doing the same thing you say others do. Train of hate? I didn't see that anywhere."

 

I did say I'm a son of cop, so yes I might be biased. Fair point.

 

"If he REALLY had to shoot, he could have waited until the dog was basically right next to him, hold out his arm, and shoot the dog point-blank."

 

That's ridiculous, just like you said I don't know the details, but neither do you to assume it was a so "easy" situation to just wait for the dog to come walking not running, not jumping over objects, just in a straight path to him.

 

"I'm not saying anyone is fully ready for these things, but don't act like everyone is against cops when that isn't the case."

 

Another fair point, but do start by reading the topic title "10-year-old boy shot by deputy during capture of suspect" why not "10-year-old boy shot accidentally by deputy when attacked by a dog during capture of suspect" Click bait?

 

"I do see your point, but your posts are more full of hate than anyone else in this thread and you don't know the full story either."

 

After reading so many posts (hundreds?) over the years on topic's like this one on Neowin, I'm ready to explode. So yes you're right.

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WOW, Neowin is full of gang members I'm sure...

 

"the suspect, who shot an officer in the leg" no word for the officer shot hum? Who cares right, one less cop....

 

But a cop get's in a life or death experience shot's at a dog misses, hit's a kid leg and boom the cop's should all be gone... Heck let's go back to the cowboys days, that was so much better.... :angry:

 

Wow USA is so amazing, one hand all the hate going to cop's for firing and defending their own life (because of course cops are bastards, with no family, no 3 or 4 year old son's waiting for the dad to come home at end of the day) and on the other hand "Let's all have 100 UZIS close to our belly to defend ourselves, heck let's enter with assault weapons on every place on the planet even if it scares small children, makes people doubt of it's a robbery etc... Bunch of hypocrites.

 

And yes I hate the comments here, I'm a son of police officer my entire 30 years life, my dad has been shot 2 times... 2 times I cried not knowing if I was losing my dad...

+1 to this. People are so quick to say cops are ######. There are ###### in every profession. That doesn't mean that profession should not exist. I know many cops that it would destroy them if they accidentally shot a kid. Thankfully to this day (many years in the service) they have done no such thing, but if something rendered that situation it certainly would not be because they felt like shooting up a 10 year old kid.

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