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04-24-2014, 07:57 PM
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Bartow County grand jury has ruled that a Euharlee police officer was not authorized to use deadly force in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old.
Cpl. Beth Gatny shot and killed Christopher Roupe while serving an arrest warrant at the family's home on Feb. 14.
According to a search warrant from the GBI, Gatny told investigators "before the door could be opened...[she] heard what she believed to be the action of a firearm".
The GBI said Gatny then began drawing her service weapon when Roupe opened the front door.
Gatny told investigators, "A male subject opened the front door pointing a pistol...and pulled the trigger."
The family insists Chris wasn't holding a gun, but instead a gaming remote.
After a GBI investigation, the Cherokee Judicial Circuit's district attorney presented evidence to a grand jury, who found that deadly force was not authorized. The grand jury recommended that the district attorney's office take further action.
Gatny has been on paid administrative leave since the shooting. The Euharlee Police Department issued a statement saying that "while we are disappointed with the grand jury findings, the City of Euharlee and the Euharlee Police Department will continue to cooperate...with any subsequent investigation."
But the issue may not end with Gatny.
"What we're concerned about is why the officer was placed in this position when the city of Euharlee had reason to anticipate that she would behave the way she did,' said Don Evans, Roupe's family attorney.
11Alive News was first to uncover Gatny's prior job history. Records show Gatny was reprimanded at least 12 times over her 10 years at the Acworth Police Department, the most serious being when she fired her service weapon while confronting three suspects. An internal investigation found the suspect was trying to remove his backpack. She was never reprimanded because she believed he was armed.
Bartow County District Attorney Rosemary Greene said her office will seek additional evidence to determine if any criminal violations may have occurred.
http://www.11alive.com/story/news/local/2014/04/22/euharlee-police-shooting/8019057/
another site with same info: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/deadly-force-authorized-cop-killed-teen-holding-wii-remote-shady-past/
Bartow County grand jury has ruled that a Euharlee police officer was not authorized to use deadly force in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old.
Cpl. Beth Gatny shot and killed Christopher Roupe while serving an arrest warrant at the family's home on Feb. 14.
According to a search warrant from the GBI, Gatny told investigators "before the door could be opened...[she] heard what she believed to be the action of a firearm".
The GBI said Gatny then began drawing her service weapon when Roupe opened the front door.
Gatny told investigators, "A male subject opened the front door pointing a pistol...and pulled the trigger."
The family insists Chris wasn't holding a gun, but instead a gaming remote.
After a GBI investigation, the Cherokee Judicial Circuit's district attorney presented evidence to a grand jury, who found that deadly force was not authorized. The grand jury recommended that the district attorney's office take further action.
Gatny has been on paid administrative leave since the shooting. The Euharlee Police Department issued a statement saying that "while we are disappointed with the grand jury findings, the City of Euharlee and the Euharlee Police Department will continue to cooperate...with any subsequent investigation."
But the issue may not end with Gatny.
"What we're concerned about is why the officer was placed in this position when the city of Euharlee had reason to anticipate that she would behave the way she did,' said Don Evans, Roupe's family attorney.
11Alive News was first to uncover Gatny's prior job history. Records show Gatny was reprimanded at least 12 times over her 10 years at the Acworth Police Department, the most serious being when she fired her service weapon while confronting three suspects. An internal investigation found the suspect was trying to remove his backpack. She was never reprimanded because she believed he was armed.
Bartow County District Attorney Rosemary Greene said her office will seek additional evidence to determine if any criminal violations may have occurred.
http://www.11alive.com/story/news/local/2014/04/22/euharlee-police-shooting/8019057/
another site with same info: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/deadly-force-authorized-cop-killed-teen-holding-wii-remote-shady-past/