Friends Complain When LSD Abuser Is Shot By Police After Knife Attacks

By Bob Owens

A 15-year-old on LSD stabbed his father and uncle multiple times early Saturday morning in Corralitos (CA), leading to officers from two departments and deputies from the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Department to try to take him into custody.

Luke Smith was still armed with a knife with a 4″ blade as officers tried to negotiate with him, then used an array of less lethals against him including multiple baton rounds from a 40mm launcher and several taser deployments, along with the deployment of a K-9.

Smith was un-phased by the dog, the half-dozen baton rounds, or either taser strike, and raised his knife arm towards one of the officers attempting to take him into custody, leading one of the officers to fire a single shot from an AR-15 patrol rifle to defend his fellow officer.

A mother of one of Smith’s friends doesn’t think that officer’s did enough to try to take him into custody before the Deputy Chris Vigil fired the fatal shot.

“What was their rush? Why were they in such a hurry at 3 in the morning. They didn’t have time to talk him down?” she asked. “He must have been terrified, chasing him …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms