Teen Shot During Snowball Fight Dies

[DeclinetoState]

PHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) ―

A Philadelphia teenager celebrating his 16th birthday was shot and killed over an errant snowball.

Authorities said the Feltonville teen, identified as Tavin Rutledge, was shot in the head at point-blank range while playing with neighborhood friends in the 4800 block of D Street.

Witnesses say the shooting was sparked from a casual snowball fight amongst children.

A friend of Tavin's, who was also involved in the playful snowball fight, said the shooting happened after a wayward snowball accidentally struck a nearby neighbor.

Police said the adult male became enraged and left the scene, returning moments later with a gun.

Witnesses say Tavin's effort to apologize to the man went unnoticed and the pulled out a gun and began firing.More at CBS3.com (http://cbs3.com/local/Snowball.Shooting.Teen.2.661821.html)

We need more gun control, and we must stop global warming so that there won't be so much snow and so many snowball fights.

:(

[ThomasMore]

This is what the death penalty is for. Put the animal down.

[DeclinetoState]

The perp will get voluntary manslaughter at most. Depending on the laws, as well as his prior record, he might do a couple of years in the pen.

[Lubbock]

A while back we had an article similar to this. A teen was shot and killed for walking on a man's lawn.

I'm with TM. Put the guy down like a mad dog.

[PrezLeefun]

^^^Agreed.

[Wolfcounsel]

I'm waiting for the moral equivalence experts to chime in. Put the asshole down like a rabid dog anyway.