Anthony Lucas - Dead; Shot by LE Deputies - (2010) Sierra Blanca TX

Sierra Blanca TX ---- Any news in Sierra Blanca, Texas is big news. And the news that a
missing 14-year-old boy was shot to death Sunday by Hudspeth County
deputies and Texas Parks and Wildlife game wardens has the town reeling.Investigators
with the Texas Rangers were at the Gunsight Ranch Monday morning and
through much of the afternoon piecing together details of the boy's
death.Investigators say the boy fired at officers from three
different locations at the Gunsight Ranch in Hudspeth County. The
officers fired back, killing the boy.Rangers say the unidentified
victim was reported missing earlier Sunday.Joseph Elder runs the
Best Buy Grocery and Mercantile. He says in the town of 530 people,
many knew the victim who he described as "troubled.""The reason
his mom was really concerened is because he was missing for two days,"
Elder said. "I think he was off his medication, and that is where the
real trouble started."No charges have been filed against anyone
in the case.

Texas Rangers are investigating the shooting death of a 14-year-old
West Texas boy who died in a shootout with police.
Investigators said the boy was shot and killed Sunday night after
reportedly firing several shots at Hudspeth County deputies and Texas
Parks and Wildlife game wardens. The officers were searching for him
after he was reported missing earlier in the day.
Investigators say the boy fired at officers from three different
locations at the Gunsight Ranch in Hudspeth County.
The officers fired back, killing the boy, at the third location. The
Texas Rangers are leading the investigation.

Hudspeth County sheriff's deputies and state game
wardens shot and killed a 14-year-boy after he ran away from home,
stopped at a ranch and then allegedly fired at officers who wanted to
take him home.
Hudspeth County Sheriff Arvin West said the deadly confrontation started
as a simple search for a runaway. The boy had left his family's ranch on Saturday and was reported missing by his parents
Sunday.
West said authorities had problems with the boy at school in the past in
the desolate county east of El Paso County. The boy's name had not been
released.
A Texas Department of Public Safety news release stated an initial
investigation by the Texas Rangers found the teen had broken into a deer
camp at Gunsight Ranch, about 20 miles north of Sierra Blanca.
West said one of his deputies and a Texas Parks and Wildlife game warden
found the boy at a hunters' camp at Gunsight Ranch.
"They told him (the boy) they were looking for him," West said. "He said
'That's me.' They said, 'Your parents are concerned about you. You need
to come with us.' The boy then drew a weapon."
The boy had a rifle and a handgun and refused to go. The teen then
allegedly fired shots as the officers retreated.
According to the Texas DPS account, the boy fired several shots and fled
to another camp. Officers followed him to the second camp, urging him
to put down the weapons but the boy continued firing. He ran to a third
spot, where he climbed to the top of a barn and shot at officers.
Dozens of shots were fired in an area spanning a mile and a half, West
said. At one point, deputies brought the boy's mother to the scene to
try to get her son to surrender, but the teen took a shot at her, West
said.
"The officers backed off, backed off and backed off. He finally got them
where they couldn't back off anymore," West said.
The end came while the boy was atop the roof of the barn and took aim at
a game warden.
"He had a clear shot at a game warden," West said. Fearing for the game
warden's life, law enforcement officers fired and shot the boy, who died
at the scene. The officers were not hurt.
Five law enforcement officers -- two deputies and three game wardens --
were involved in the confrontation, West said.
The names of the deputies were not immediately released. One of the
deputies involved in the shooting has been with the Hudspeth County
Sheriff's Office for five or six years. The other deputy has been with
the agency for about a year.
The shooting is under investigation by the Texas Rangers, the Texas
Department of Public Safety and the El Paso District Attorney's Office.
The El Paso district attorney investigates all officer-involved
shootings and has jurisdiction on felonies in El Paso, Hudspeth and
Culberson counties in far West Texas.

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http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/89923647.html

Published Tuesday, June 22, 2010 7:03 AM

Family to sue in Texas teen's shooting death
Associated Press


SIERRA BLANCA, Texas -- The family of a 14-year-old runaway killed in a shootout with law enforcement earlier this year plans to sue county and state officials involving in the shooting.

more....
http://www.theeagle.com/texas/Family-to-sue-in-Texas-teen-s-shooting-death

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Grand jury clears officers involved in 2010 shooting of 14-year-old boy
By Adriana M. Chávez / El Paso Times
Posted: 01/31/2011 11:09:14 AM MST


A Hudspeth County grand jury has declined to indict the law enforcement officers involved with the April 5, 2010 shooting of a 14-year-old boy.

more....
http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_17250145

Family Of 14-Year-Old Boy Shot By Authorities In Hudspeth County Seeks $10 MillionBy ABC-7 Reporter Celina Avila
POSTED: 10:59 pm MDT June 22, 2010

EL PASO, Texas -- It's been two months since a 14-year-old boy was killed after a confrontation with sheriff's deputies and game wardens in Hudspeth County.

Many more details....
http://www.kvia.com/news/24000530/detail.html

he fired on LE, why is the family suing? what was LE suppose to do? let him shoot them? this is unreal!

flash0115 wrote:he fired on LE, why is the family suing? what was LE suppose to do? let him shoot them? this is unreal!

I thought the same thing. If you read the article, the kid kept shooting at LE as he moved about. They didn't have a choice so I don't understand why the family is suing either.

Well one of his family made a statement