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Florida sheriff rips state's juvenile system after 2 youths flee facility, get into shootout with deputies | |
2021-06-02 | |
[FoxNews] A Florida sheriff ripped the state’s juvenile justice system Tuesday night as a 14-year-old girl was "fighting for her life" after she and a 12-year-old boy got into a shootout with Volusia County deputies. The youths had fled a county juvenile facility then broke into an empty home in Osteen, Volusia County, where they found three firearms and 200 rounds of ammunition, Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood told reporters. The youths then allegedly fired upon deputies multiple times before the 14-year-old, armed with a shotgun, was ultimately shot and wounded, the sheriff said. Soon afterward, the 12-year-old dropped an AK-47 rifle he was holding and surrendered. The girl was "fighting for her life" in a hospital, Samantha Sosa of FOX 35 in Orlando wrote on Twitter. At a news conference, Chitwood claimed the state’s juvenile justice system had failed to effectively manage the youths. He said the 12-year-old was an insulin-dependent diabetic who around 5 p.m. had run away from a detention facility with the 14-year-old, who had been detained since being accused of stealing some puppies and then allegedly setting fire to a detention facility in another county before being transferred to Volusia County.
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Posted by:Skidmark |
#3 ^^^ Hop-Hop == P2K gets it= Crowned Survivor Citizen of the Day |
Posted by: Clyde B. Hayes6283 2021-06-02 18:50 |
#2 Judge them upon the crime committed, not by their adjectival descriptive. Either we are equal before the law or we are not. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-06-02 18:39 |
#1 Maybe our customary reluctance to keep children in cages has outlived its usefulness. |
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-06-02 13:53 |