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17-year-old shot and killed by officer conducting welfare check (abcnews.go.com)

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A teenager was shot and killed by a police officer responding to a residence in Nebraska to conduct a welfare check, state police said.

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[–] snooggums@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"The Columbus Police Department was conducting a welfare check on a subject following a report of potential self-harm," Nebraska State Patrol said in a press release.

"We made sure that the subject did not chicken out of his threat."

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[–] IHeartBadCode@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

They went heavy on the serve part and totally gave zero protect part.

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