Blogger's Note: See, this is where the system is failing. It's not the fault of the deputy who shot this kid. The blame lies in the people who aren't teaching our youth that video games are not real. Consequenses are much more serious in real life.
Police shoot teen in school standoff
Student pointed pellet gun at deputy
Gary Taylor and Rene Stutzman
Sentinel Staff Writers
January 13, 2006, 11:26 PM EST
LONGWOOD -- A Milwee Middle School eighth-grader, who last year threatened to blow up a school bus, showed up for class Friday with a pistol in his backpack.
However, classmates of Chris Penley, 15, didn't know it was a pellet gun.
Neither did a veteran Seminole County deputy sheriff, who made a split-second decision to open fire when Chris pointed the weapon at him.
The deputy's single shot gravely wounded the boy, who was on life support Friday at Orlando Regional Medical Center.
The midmorning incident plunged the Longwood-area school into chaos, as frightened and weeping students gathered outside, awaiting anxious parents or school buses to take them home.
