News Dad Calls Cops on Son to Teach Him a Lesson, Cops Shoot Son Dead

Groves · 11-08-2013, 12:15 AM

http://gawker.com/dad-calls-cops-on-...oot-1460159897

A father's attempt to teach his son a lesson for taking his truck without permission ended in tragedy Monday after a local police officer shot the teenager dead.

James Comstock told the Des Moines Register he called the police on his son Tyler after the latter took the former's truck in retaliation for refusing to buy him cigarettes.

Ames Police Officer Adam McPherson reportedly spotted the lawn care company vehicle and pursued it onto the Iowa State University campus, where a brief standoff ensued after Tyler allegedly refused orders to turn off the engine.

McPherson eventually fired six shots into the truck, two of which struck Tyler who was later pronounced dead.

The official report claims the action was necessary in order "to stop the ongoing threat to the public and the officers."

Tyler's dad says he was unarmed at the time.

"So he didn't shut the damn truck off, so let's fire six rounds at him?" exclaimed Gary Shepley, Tyler's step-grandfather. "We're confused, and we don't understand."

James said his son had his fair share of minor troubles with the law, and was distraught over a recent breakup with his girlfriend, but was in the process of turning his life around, and was working on obtaining his GED at Des Moines Area Community College.

"He was a smart kid. He made his own computers. He was interested in IT," James told the Register.

The family's demands for answers got even louder following the revelation that a member of the Ames police department suggested twice that officers call off the chase.

"He took off with my truck. I call the police, and they kill him," James said. ""It was over a damn pack of cigarettes."

McPherson is currently on paid leave pending the results of his department's investigation.

**TimBone** · 11-08-2013, 12:18 AM

Damn.

'Hamas' Jenkins · 11-08-2013, 12:19 AM

Percentage of Planet posters who would have killed all the cops, resurrected their son, and gotten the judge to drop all the charges: 114.

Eleazar · 11-08-2013, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Percentage of Planet posters who would have killed all the cops, resurrected their son, and gotten the judge to drop all the charges: 114.

Only if they'd been the father. If they'd been the cops they would have shot all the tires out, shot the perp on both knees, shot the pack of smokes out of his hand, shot the keys out of the ignition, and spun the gun back into its holster like robocop

Prison Bitch · 11-08-2013, 12:30 AM

Obviously there is more to the standoff

lcarus · 11-08-2013, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Obviously there is more to the standoff

Or the cops are just paid killers. You'd think if there was a better reason for killing the kid, the cops would have given it.

TripleThreat · 11-08-2013, 10:07 AM

Dad says kid had minor troubles with the law, was "trying" to get back into school to get a GED. Was in the process of turning his life around. He doesn't sound like anyone's ideal kid. And with that being said, the kid put himself in the situation by stealing his dads truck for refusing to be boughten cigarettes.

Here's the fine line, if the kid doesn't commit the CRIME of stealing the car no matter whose it is, he is still alive at this point and doesn't put the cop or anyone else in the situation of having to make a fatal decision. I think ppl forget there's this thing called VEhIClE man slaughter ... That kid was in a loaded weapon on a school campus not turning off the vehicle with innocent bystanders around. We and the cop doesn't know if he's a mental kid who will just start running ppl over and going on a rampage it's happened before hasn't it?

I'm not saying the kid deserves to die but don't put yourself in that situation by committing a crime in the first place.

Hoover · 11-08-2013, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Obviously there is more to the standoff

No not really.

Watch the video from the cop car.

http://www.kcci.com/news/central-iow...z/-/index.html

tk13 · 11-08-2013, 12:36 AM

If you read the comments there are some people saying this wasn't as simple as it sounds.

http://www.kcci.com/news/central-iow...z/-/index.html

There's video of the chase... so have at it. Tough call. He obviously was speeding through a college campus, and rammed the police cars a couple times. Lucky they didn't kill any pedestrians. I think some people will watch that and argue he shouldn't have been shot given what we see here... or that this chase should've been stopped. But ramming a police car with a cop standing outside it pointing a gun isn't a good idea either.

11-08-2013, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by tk13

If you read the comments there are some people saying this wasn't as simple as it sounds.

http://www.kcci.com/news/central-iow...z/-/index.html

There's video of the chase... so have at it. Tough call. He obviously was speeding through a college campus, and rammed the police cars a couple times. Lucky they didn't kill any pedestrians. I think some people will watch that and argue he shouldn't have been shot given what we see here... or that this chase should've been stopped. But ramming a police car with a cop standing outside it pointing a gun isn't a good idea either.

Precisely. Any time a cop can justify that you're using your vehicle as a deadly weapon, you're committing suicide by cop. Might as well just pull a BB gun on them. But I still would have offed all those cops with a plastic fork from Chik-fil-A, knocked up their skinny wives, and benched 650 lbs with my weak hand.

**pr_capone** · 11-08-2013, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Phobia

Precisely. Any time a cop can justify that you're using your vehicle as a deadly weapon, you're committing suicide by cop. Might as well just pull a BB gun on them. But I still would have offed all those cops with a plastic fork from Chik-fil-A, knocked up their skinny wives, and benched 650 lbs with my weak hand.

HA! You have a weak hand. I push 800 with either hand equally.

CoMoChief · 11-08-2013, 04:43 AM

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Originally Posted by pr_capone

HA! You have a weak hand. I push 800 with either hand equally.

U have a 12 incher and run a 4.3 backwards? Its typical physical standards of all cp members u know...

**Fire Me Boy!** · 11-08-2013, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by CoMoChief

U have a 12 incher and run a 4.3 backwards? Its typical physical standards of all cp members u know...

Pffft. Only if I've been swimming in freezing water.

mikey23545 · 11-08-2013, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by tk13

If you read the comments there are some people saying this wasn't as simple as it sounds.

http://www.kcci.com/news/central-iow...z/-/index.html

There's video of the chase... so have at it. Tough call. He obviously was speeding through a college campus, and rammed the police cars a couple times. Lucky they didn't kill any pedestrians. I think some people will watch that and argue he shouldn't have been shot given what we see here... or that this chase should've been stopped. But ramming a police car with a cop standing outside it pointing a gun isn't a good idea either.

Gosh, the story is always so much more compelling if you just leave a few minor details out of it...

Prison Bitch · 11-08-2013, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by mikey23545

Gosh, the story is always so much more compelling if you just leave a few minor details out of it...

Exactly. Never trust the media. I could smell the bullshit emanating from the original posted link. There was OBVIOUSLY more to the story.

11-08-2013, 12:15 AM	Topic Starter
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tk13 ... Join Date: Nov 2001 Casino cash: $2072500	If you read the comments there are some people saying this wasn't as simple as it sounds. http://www.kcci.com/news/central-iow...z/-/index.html There's video of the chase... so have at it. Tough call. He obviously was speeding through a college campus, and rammed the police cars a couple times. Lucky they didn't kill any pedestrians. I think some people will watch that and argue he shouldn't have been shot given what we see here... or that this chase should've been stopped. But ramming a police car with a cop standing outside it pointing a gun isn't a good idea either.
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