Ind. Teen Dead After Shooting 2 Officers
By RYAN LENZ, Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
(06-19) 13:25 PDT Georgetown, Ind. (AP) --
A 15-year-old boy who had been arguing with his mother shot at deputies arriving at the family's home, killing one and seriously wounding the other, authorities said.
The teen, Tyler Dumstorf, was found early Tuesday inside the home, dead of a self-inflicted gunshot, police said.
Prosecutor Keith Henderson said that minutes after the deputies were shot late Monday, Dumstorf posted a message on his MySpace page saying: "I just killed two cops. Goodbye."
The deputies had gone to the southern Indiana home Monday evening to investigate a call from the teen's mother about a confrontation with her son.
"There was nothing to indicate to the officers that it was anything more than a routine domestic call," Henderson said. He said the boy had been due in court Tuesday on a misdemeanor marijuana charge, adding that hearing was part of the discussion with his mother.
As the officers were talking to his mother and an aunt in the driveway, the boy fired from an upstairs window, striking each deputy in the back, Henderson said.
Deputy Frank Denzinger, a four-year veteran of the sheriff's department, died hours after the shooting, Floyd County Sheriff Darrell Mills said. Deputy Joel White, who has been with the department 17 months, was hospitalized Tuesday in serious condition, Mills said.
Sheriff's Lt. Frank Loop said the boy's mother was not injured.
Dumstorf had just completed his freshman year at Floyd Central High School in nearby Floyds Knobs, said school spokesman Dave Rarick. He gave no other information about the boy, citing federal privacy laws.
Entries on Dumstorf's MySpace page indicated he was an honors student and that he liked classic rock.
This was found at SFGate.com
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