Okay, read and digest the following article. Then, I’ll tell you what REALLY happened:
Ballgame is canceled as precaution after killing
By NICOLE MARSHALL World Staff Writer
2/13/2009 – Tulsa World
A basketball game was canceled this week and security was increased at Webster and McLain high schools after the shooting death of a student last weekend.
Terrance L. Johnson, 16, was shot Sunday during an apparent home-invasion robbery in the 600 block of East 53rd Street North, police said.
Johnson was a student at Webster, and the shooter, a resident of the home, apparently has relatives who attend McLain, authorities said.
The man who shot Johnson was interviewed by police and released. Detective Michael Zenoni said the shooting investigation is ongoing.
The District Attorney’s Office will determine whether charges will be filed.
A Webster-McLain basketball game that was scheduled for Tuesday was canceled, Tulsa Public Schools Campus Police Chief Gary Rudick said.
He said school officials decided that it wouldn’t be right to have the game so shortly after a student was killed.
Security was increased at both schools this week, he said.
“Basically, anytime we have a student that has been a victim of violent crime and there are other young people involved in that issue, there is always the potential for the escalation of violence,” Rudick said. “It was really a precautionary thing.”
No specific threat that something might happen at either school was ever made, he said.
“When the community is in conflict like this and people are scared, it is the right thing to do to step up the presence and try to ease people’s fears,” Rudick said.
Hmmm… Kinda’ glosses right over the details of the killing and goes right into the “victim of a violent crime” scenario, doesn’t it?
Well, here’s what really happened:
Around 1 a.m. this last Sunday, Terrance L. Johnson, 16, broke into a home in the 600 block of E 53rd Street North. It’s unclear exactly why he broke into the home, but preliminary information indicates that Mr. Johnson had a handgun and was up to no good. The home’s occupant became aware of someone skulking around in his house, got a gun and confronted the armed intruder—with multiple rounds of “negotiations…” And, if it will make you feel any better, the intruder (Mr. Johnson) fired off a round or two, also. But, his negotiations obviously missed their mark. End of story.
There’s no “victim of a violent crime” here! There’s only a would-be victim who decided not to be a victim and a dead perp who probably played Grand Theft Auto one too many times…
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