Post by WaTcHeR on Jan 5, 2007 15:52:05 GMT -5
01.05.2007 - SEMINOLE - After watching a suspected theft at an ATM, Pinellas sheriff's Sgt. Dan Carron drove up and blocked a car with four teenagers inside in its parking space.
But when Carron got out of his pickup and approached the Mitsubishi Mirage at 1:17 a.m. Thursday, the car accelerated toward him, the Sheriff's Office said.
Carron fired his .45-caliber Glock once. The bullet flew through the Mirage's open front passenger window and hit the driver in the head.
Brian Dorry, 19, died in the parking lot of the Park Place shopping center.
The car hit Carron's pickup, then swerved out of control before crashing into a small embankment that divides two shopping centers. Dorry's girlfriend, 18-year-old Samantha Gerke, required minor medical attention. Erin Staley, 16, was not injured.
Kevin Dorry, 17, Brian's younger brother, was charged with grand theft. He had triggered the incident by approaching a nearby ATM while wearing a hood, the Sheriff's Office said. When Carron flicked on his lights and identified himself as a Sheriff's Office employee, Kevin Dorry got out of the Mirage before it accelerated and tried to run away. He was arrested after the shooting.
Investigation starts
Carron is on paid administrative leave, which is standard procedure while the State Attorney's Office investigates the incident, along with the Sheriff's Office Homicide and Internal Affairs units.
The Sheriff's Office allows deputies to use deadly force if they perceive a deadly threat to themselves or others. Policy also states that deputies should not place themselves in harm's way when approaching vehicles.
www.sptimes.com/2007/01/05/Southpinellas/Deputy_kills_teen_dri.shtml
But when Carron got out of his pickup and approached the Mitsubishi Mirage at 1:17 a.m. Thursday, the car accelerated toward him, the Sheriff's Office said.
Carron fired his .45-caliber Glock once. The bullet flew through the Mirage's open front passenger window and hit the driver in the head.
Brian Dorry, 19, died in the parking lot of the Park Place shopping center.
The car hit Carron's pickup, then swerved out of control before crashing into a small embankment that divides two shopping centers. Dorry's girlfriend, 18-year-old Samantha Gerke, required minor medical attention. Erin Staley, 16, was not injured.
Kevin Dorry, 17, Brian's younger brother, was charged with grand theft. He had triggered the incident by approaching a nearby ATM while wearing a hood, the Sheriff's Office said. When Carron flicked on his lights and identified himself as a Sheriff's Office employee, Kevin Dorry got out of the Mirage before it accelerated and tried to run away. He was arrested after the shooting.
Investigation starts
Carron is on paid administrative leave, which is standard procedure while the State Attorney's Office investigates the incident, along with the Sheriff's Office Homicide and Internal Affairs units.
The Sheriff's Office allows deputies to use deadly force if they perceive a deadly threat to themselves or others. Policy also states that deputies should not place themselves in harm's way when approaching vehicles.
www.sptimes.com/2007/01/05/Southpinellas/Deputy_kills_teen_dri.shtml