Boy Dead, Vic Police Shoot Father

[icyfroth]

Devastated friends have taken to social media to express their shock and sorrow after an 11-year-old boy was killed by his father at a cricket oval in Melbourne's southeast.

Luke Batty died from severe head injuries at the oval in Tyabb, near Hastings, after he was attacked following the local club's cricket training.

The year six Flinders Christian Community College pupil was treated at the scene but was unable to be revived.

The victim's 54-year-old father, from Chelsea Heights, was taken to hospital in a life-threatening condition, after police say he came at officers with a knife after they were called to the scene in Tyabb, near Hastings, about 6.30pm (AEDT).

Commander Doug Fryer would not confirm if the father inflicted the boy's "quite brutal" injuries or exactly how the boy died, insisting that it was a matter for the coroner.

"I confirm that the male shot by police is father of the child who is deceased and we're not looking for anyone else," he said during a media briefing at the scene last night.

"I can confirm that the young boy has died of significant injuries. I'm not going to go into the detail of how they occurred or what they were," Fryer said on Thursday morning.

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WHAAAAT????!!!!

[icyfroth]

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@freakiness wrote:

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@sea_jay61 wrote:
I will never understand how anyone, having just lost a child in a very brutal way, can stand up to the media and answer questions from them, and also be concise about preventing this happening to other families. If that was my child I would be inconsolable.

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Yes, that's roughly what I was thinking.  Perhaps it's just part of her way of coping.

Sometimes a person will do anything to avoid breaking down and crying for fear of never being able to stop.

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grief sometimes doesn't hit until the funeral's over, condolences have been made and accepted, paperwork has been signed and submitted and suddenly you realise it's over. That's when the floodgates open.

[freakiness]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@freakiness wrote:

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@sea_jay61 wrote:
I will never understand how anyone, having just lost a child in a very brutal way, can stand up to the media and answer questions from them, and also be concise about preventing this happening to other families. If that was my child I would be inconsolable.

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Yes, that's roughly what I was thinking.  Perhaps it's just part of her way of coping.

Sometimes a person will do anything to avoid breaking down and crying for fear of never being able to stop.

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grief sometimes doesn't hit until the funeral's over, condolences have been made and accepted, paperwork has been signed and submitted and suddenly you realise it's over. That's when the floodgates open.

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Yes, sometimes it does.  I imagine she would be doing her fair share of grieving now too. She'd be in a roller coaster right now and have to be making funeral arrangements, talking to loads of people, feeling numb and dazed.  

[cherry*135]

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@crikey*mate wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:

how many times do we need to relive it?

crikey - 2 posts from you are no different, it was over before you made the first one.

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I stood up for somebody who I thought was being unfairly targetted.

For that, I make no apologies.

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The posts you objected to  didn't contravene any posting rules.

[intouchwiththeangels]

R.I.P. Poor little boy

[nevynreally]

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@twinkles**stars wrote:

I've just watched that video and applaude her. What a beautiful person she is to be able to stay calm, collect her thoughts and not display any anger.

IMO what is keeping her together is the thought that her son loved his father, that the man was ill and nothing will ever change that.

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She was/is numb. Less than 24 hours after this kind of trauma you can't be anything but. What is keeping her together is her brain. It's telling her that this is not real. That life will be normal again, Who are these people and why are they telling me this stuff that isn't true gets stuffed down into not being important right now.Have to deal with now, have to say something.

[azureline**]

[purple_haize]

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@sea_jay61 wrote:
I will never understand how anyone, having just lost a child in a very brutal way, can stand up to the media and answer questions from them, and also be concise about preventing this happening to other families. If that was my child I would be inconsolable.

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I can understand, she is in shock and she will be in shock for quite awhile............that is what happens when you lose a child. You dont really believe it is true, but you can stand up and say the things this mother has said.

All perfectly natural under the circumstances.

[freakiness]

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@azureline** wrote:

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aww, thanks

[ufo_investigations]

I heard this in the morning when the alarm went off, such a sad and horrible thing to happen. Poor kid.

[givemeaspell]

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@purple_haize wrote:

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@joz*garage wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

They guy came at them with a knife, Joe. I believe they shoot to kill in life-threatening circumstances.

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a knife against a gun?! well, i still wouldve aimed for the leg or legs a few times if needed untill he falls

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He deserved to die, after what he did to his own son.

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I agree, but think that he's got off easy. Regardless of how these custody disputes pan out how could you do that to your own child?  A father, who should be his protector...it is so so sad, tragic.