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????!!!!

[lloydslights]

The mother must not have known of the warrants. 

Had she been so bullied by the father  that she was still excusing him at the time of his death?

DEB

[chuk_77]

the system failed yet again and a young child paid the price yet again

[imastawka]

The mother was responsible for one of those warrants.  She took out an AVO on him

(not called that in Vic, but, meh) So she knew.  But, in no way was she to know what

would ensue.

In her view, the boy should know his father, and she thought a public venue, with

lots of people afforded them safety.

You cannot lay blame at the feet of this mother,  who was only trying to give the

boy access to his father. 

[chuk_77]

i do wonder if she called the police the moment he turned up, hence breaking his AVO and the possibility of the police turning up before he took a cricket bat to his own child?

Did she know about the warrants out for child porn? If she did why would she want her child anywhere near him?

So much went wrong with the adults and the poor boy paid the ultimate price. 

[lloydslights]

I hope they invest heavily in the mother's counselling.  Don't let the "system" fail this woman now. (Not that I'm belittling the needs of others as well.)

AND..........

the police IT system not working properly for 10 years?  Is it because enough money wasn't allocated for upgrades or enough money to pay staff to input data, etc.?  

DEB

[purple_haize]

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@lloydslights wrote:

The mother must not have known of the warrants. 

Had she been so bullied by the father  that she was still excusing him at the time of his death?

DEB

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She went and got one of those warrents.

You dont know that she was excusing him at the time of his death.........................so how can you know if she did or didnt??

Unless you know her your dont know what happened.

[lloydslights]

I am quietly reasoning with the possible thinking of the mother.  

I reiterate, the bullying and violence against the mother must have clouded the mother's judgement.  Why would one allow a child near a person who has an AVO order against him? What's the use of going to the trouble of getting an AVO in the first place? 

Then again, as reported somewhere, the boy wanted to see his DAD.  Did the child think that being nice to his dad would avoid any further violence within the home?  Perhaps, so that his Mum won't get bashed again? Was he was in fact, protecting his mum?

DEB

[purple_haize]

Whether or not the mother knew about warrants really doesnt matter now does it?

The father who was suppose to be there and look after his son. but he  killed his son, the police in turn, after trying to subdue the father and couldnt so they had to shoot him, they had to shoot him in the stomach, if they had tried to shoot any other part of his body, someone else may have died.

So both father and son are dead...

The only person that we should be thinking about is the distraught mother of the son.

It doesnt matter that the father is now dead and saying this that and the other about warrents and such...............NOTHING, is going to bring the poor boy back, his mother has to live the rest of her life with out her son and how she will do that God only knows, considering the circumstances.

She will probably go back to England where her family live........

[chuk_77]

the only person I am thinking about is the boy, you know the one who could not ever hope to defend himself against an adult?

[purple_haize]

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@chuk_77 wrote:

the only person I am thinking about is the boy, you know the one who could not ever hope to defend himself against an adult?

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Yes, I agree.

The very person that was suppose to be there to protect the boy, is the one that took his life away...........The boy is now at peace.

BUT, his mother has to live out her life, without her son and that will be the hardest thing for her to do, as when the boy died, a large part of the mother went with him.

You never get over the loss of a child.