Cop Shoots 17-Year-Old Boy Who Answers Door, Nothing Else Happens

In February, Beth Gatny of the Euharlee, Georgia,
police department fatally shot 17-year-old Christopher Roupe after
the boy opened the door for the officer. Gatny was at the residence
to serve a probation warrant for Roupe’s father. Police claimed the
17-year old pointed a gun at the officer but the family
insisted he as holding a Nintendo Wii controller.  One
witness said she saw the cop sobbing into her hands after the
shooting.

In April, a grand jury recommended the District Attorney,
Rosemary Greene, take action, finding the use of deadly force was
not authorized. The DA’s office said it would collect additional
evidence and return to a grand jury. Unfortunately you can probably
guess what happened next.
Via WSB-TV in Atlanta:

The District Attorney’s Office for the Cherokee Judicial Circuit
presented a proposed indictment charging Gatny with involuntary
manslaughter and reckless conduct. However, the grand jury did not
find sufficient evidence for the case to proceed to trial.

“Because the Grand Jury has determined that the actions of
Officer Gatny did not rise to the level of a criminal offense, this
concludes the involvement of the District Attorney’s Office in this
matter,” District Attorney Rosemary Greene said.

Gatny, who had been with the Euharlee Police Department less
than a year, was
fired from her previous police job, in Acworth, Georgia. While
there, among other things, she apparently shot a suspect while he
was trying to remove his backpack, believing he was going for a
gun. She was fired for exhausting her medical leave.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation completed its investigation
into the shooting sometime in April and sent the results to the DA.
That report does not appear to have been made public but Reason has
placed an open records request for the final report.