Cop Fatally Shoots Teen Who Opened Door While Holding Wii Controller, Family Claims

Last Friday, an unidentified female police
officer in Euharlee, Ga. Fatally shot 17-year-old Christopher Roupe
after officers showed up with a probation warrant for Roupe’s
father. A Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesperson
alleged Roupe answered the door holding a handgun, while the
family’s attorney claims Roupe was holding a Wii controller and
opened the door after the cops knocked but failed to identify
themselves. The officer shot Roupe once in the chest, killing him.
WSB-TV in Atlanta also relays  witness
accounts:

Neighbors said they ran to the home after they heard
the shot.

“When we got up there, they said there was a Wii remote in his hand
and she shot him,” said Tia Howard, who lives a few doors
down.

Neighbor Ken Yates said he saw the female officer moments after the
fatal shot.

“This is tragic. She came out of this house. She put her head in
her hands and she was sobbing. Supposedly, he opened the door with
a BB gun and in my opinion I think he was playing a game with his
neighborhood buddies,” said Yates.

The female officer is unidentified, and there have been no
charges. The GBI generally investigates police shootings in
Georgia, but the spokesperson’s seemingly definitive statement on
what the teenager was holding before any investigation is complete
and with contradicting witness accounts available in the press
would appear to preclude the possibility that any investigation
could be impartial. The GBI said an autopsy was
completed Monday.