Teen Playing With Airsoft Gun Shot And Paralyzed By LAPD Gets $15 Million - LAIST.com | Thumpy's 3D House of Airsoft™ @ Scoop.it | Scoop.it

“…On December 16, 2010, Royahent Gomez Eriza, who was 13 at the time, was playing with two friends in the street in Glassell Park when two LAPD officers saw them while on patrol. According to the police account, the officer thought Gomez Eriza was an adult and was not able to tell his Airsoft gun, which had an orange tip, was only a replica. One of the officers shot Gomez Eriza and the bullet shattered his vertebrae, making him paralyzed from the chest down….”


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