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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@mugssy65 wrote:
Not a quick fatal blow apparently Icey, a sustained brutal attack, from what I've heard.

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Really? OMG.

Everyone concerned witnesses, cops, everyone - must be in a state of shock.

[icyfroth]

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@joz*garage wrote:

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@**meep** wrote:

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@joz*garage wrote:

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@crikey*mate wrote:

Don't forget the policeman in this - forced to shoot a man to save oithers - suicide by police - he has to live with this too.

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yeah the cop could of shot the bloke in the leg or somewhere else besides the chest

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It doesn't work like that, Joe.   Police shoot to stop the threat and they are trained to shoot at centre body mass.

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yeah i 'spose you had to be there

its still surprises me though

i reckon i wouldve been calm enough to aim and hit the leg 

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yeah but that doesn't necessarily immobilise someone, they could still do a fatal lunge.

[joz*garage]

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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

[purple_haize]

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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.

[**meep**]

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@joz*garage wrote:

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@**meep** wrote:

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@joz*garage wrote:

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@crikey*mate wrote:

Don't forget the policeman in this - forced to shoot a man to save oithers - suicide by police - he has to live with this too.

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yeah the cop could of shot the bloke in the leg or somewhere else besides the chest

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It doesn't work like that, Joe.   Police shoot to stop the threat and they are trained to shoot at centre body mass.

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yeah i 'spose you had to be there

its still surprises me though

i reckon i wouldve been calm enough to aim and hit the leg 

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Then you would not be doing what you are trained to do.   You don't aim at arms or legs or hands holding weapons.  When a Policer Officer decides that he needs to shoot, he is trained to shoot at the "body mass" ie torso.

[*crikey*mate*]

undoubtedly there will be an investigation into whether the policeman acted correctly, maybe he did make the wrong choice, maybe the chest was the only open area where they could shoot without shooting others,

Don't know, but it doesn't change the fact that this policeman was forced to make a decision and undergo these actions because of this man. The policeman will have to live with that too, knowing he killed someone. I doubt that's easy.

RIP little fella, and condolences to everyone affected by this tragedy.

[twinkles**stars]

From reports here ( quite close by) Luke received dreadful head injuries followed by a vicious stabbing. The father is the ex of the boys mothers.

What I can't get my around is why the adults there couldn't intervene. Restrain the man. I understand he had a knife but surely with enough adults he could have been stopped? It was a cricket training match with BATS!

[joz*garage]

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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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he got off easy imo, i wouldve prefered to see him do hard time for rest of his life

[*crikey*mate*]

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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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So, you're an advocate for the death penalty? capital punsihment?

[twinkles**stars]

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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 disagree. He should have lived and faced a life sentence without parole. The mother will not see this man punished for the death of her child.