Officer cleared after fatally shooting 3year-old during Illinois hostage Standoff

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TRAGIC: Officer cleared after fatally shooting 3-year-old during Illinois hostage standoff A Princeton Police Department sergeant has been cleared of criminal charges after accidentally fatally shooting a 3-year-old Damian Camacho during a hostage situation in Bureau County. Officers responded to a domestic disturbance and found 42-year-old Anthony Rodriguez barricaded inside a room armed with a knife while holding women and children hostage. After hearing screaming from inside, police forced entry and opened fire. One of the shots fatally struck the child. A special prosecutor reviewed the body camera footage and ruled the officer’s actions were legally justified due to the imminent threat to the hostages. Rodriguez survived and is facing multiple charges. All graphic material has been edited out.

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3 +1 venomx7373 2 weeks ago

She needs to lose her other kids. They should not be in that environment.

8 +1 derfremde 3 weeks ago

When you see this shithole... you know it's the work of people who never should have had children.

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2 +1 prodigy1919 3 weeks ago

why do cops keep getting away with crime?

3 +1 essence25 3 weeks ago

@prodigy1919 Because life is cheap for the commoners. Now try that in Beverly Hills....

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2 +1 jomofo22 3 weeks ago

@prodigy1919 You're too stupid to understand!

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5 +1 venomx7373 2 weeks ago

@prodigy1919 What crime? If she didn't have him there, if she hadn't of called the cops, if she had been good mother, her kid would still be alive.

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1 +1 TheOneYouFeed 2 weeks ago

@prodigy1919 Since you seem to have zero understanding of a hostage situation and ignore that the hostages were screaming, presumably in fear for their lives. If you could explain what law they broke and what you would have done? Waited until the suspect stabbed them all? Then you would be the moron screaming why didn't the police do something to save them. You need STFU and I promise by the time you turn 14 you may understand life and death situations where very hard split second decisions have to be made a little better.

2 +1 JobyFluorine 3 weeks ago

So apparently he watched that shit movie where you shoot the hostage, I guess.

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0 +1 tommix1 3 weeks ago

Too bad they don't have my mad pistol skills. Should have killed the dude there.

2 +1 JobyFluorine 3 weeks ago

@tommix1 Who, the cop that killed the baby? They'd put you in jail for the rest of your natural life. Citizens don't have qualified immunity or protection from the DA.

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5 +1 waffleboard 3 weeks ago

Living in that cluttered ass garbage can would've killed him anyway.

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1 +1 AkiraRules89 3 weeks ago

Stopped him becoming a Dexter I guess

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11 +1 Iwillhityourmouth 3 weeks ago

No big loss. You know that kid was Doomed at birth.

12 +1 TentacleNipple 3 weeks ago

Heartbreaking but all i learn't is don't date pieces of shit that take babies hostage? Nar couldnt be that im just racist or something

3 +1 rightisleft 3 weeks ago

Bad call from the cop.
Should be charged with involuntary manslaughter

9 +1 TentacleNipple 3 weeks ago

@rightisleft He has to make instant life changing decisions all day bro. You cant win em all. Fucking shame still. Or maybe since hostage situation shouldn't they send Swat?

2 +1 QuartPlus8oz 3 weeks ago

Given both the child and the officer have a commonality between their surnames: I have ruled it a wash.