Monday, May 7, 2012
The parents of the 16-year-old killed in a SWAT standoff are questioning the actions of sheriff's officers.
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Monday, May 7, 2012
The funeral for Andrew Messina, the 16-year-old killed by a SWAT sniper during a standoff last week, will be today at 4 p.m. at Hillside United Methodist Church. Meanwhile, the Etowah High sophomore's parents are questioning the actions of the Cherokee County sheriff's officers after mother Lisa Messina called Tuesday evening about Andrew's brandishing of a .357 Magnum handgun inside their Eagle Watch house. “The threat was to kill himself and no one else,” father Nicholas Messina told WSB-TV before Sunday's visitation at Woodstock Funeral Home. Lisa Messina said she never felt her life was in danger. “If this is the best they can do, then they need a lot of improvement,” she said of sheriff's officers. Capt. Joe Satterfield, who commands …
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
"Our worst fear is this young man gets free in that neighborhood with a loaded .357 magnum," said Sheriff Roger Garrison of the 16 year old who was killed after holding his mother hostage in Towne Lake.
The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office is grieving. "We are all grieving today," Sheriff Roger Garrison said. "This is the most tragic thing I think that has happened in my tenure, possibly my career," he said. Garrison recounts the events that took place in the Eagle Watch subdivision that lead to the death of 16-year-old Andrew Messina Tuesday evening, the day of the sheriff’s birthday, a day he said he wishes he could forget now. He begins with the Etowah High School student’s mom calling Cherokee 911 dispatchers at 5:50 p.m. describing her son as out of control holding her against her will with a loaded .357 magnum revolver in their home. Her husband, Messina's father, was not home at this time. Once deputies arrived on scene and were …
The 16-year-old Etowah High School student, Andrew Messina, held his mother hostage in their Woodstock-area house, authorities say.
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Updated: 9:15 a.m. A 16-year-old boy was killed Tuesday evening in the Eagle Watch subdivision during a standoff with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office SWAT team. A sheriff's sniper fired a single, fatal shot after the teen made a threatening move toward deputies, WSB-TV reported. "He made a very aggressive move toward the officers that were attempting to negotiate with him," Sheriff Roger Garrison said in an interview aired on WSB. Classmates from Etowah High School and neighbors in the Towne Lake subdivision were quick to identify the suspect as Andrew Messina on Twitter and send out uplifting messages to his friends and family. Baily Brim tweeted, "Pray for Andrew Messina & his family tonight. Pronounced dead after being shot. …
Wahrheit-Teller
3:58 pm on Sunday, July 22, 2012
First of all, put a proper link in your message. Second of all, I somehow doubt the situation was exactly the same with the same variables to take into account which the HNT members had to at the scene. You can be angry all you want, but at least know what the heck you are talking about. more ›