Father charged after girl, 12, is killed by police constable

[IDemo]

The father of a 12-year-old has been charged with homicide after the girl was accidentally shot to death by a police constable in Pennsylvania, authorities said.

Ciara Meyer was killed by a police constable who was serving eviction papers at their apartment in Perry County on January 11.

Constable Clark Steele's action was justified, and he did not face any charges in the shooting, authorities said.

Her father, Donald Meyer, 57, was charged with homicide and involuntary manslaughter Thursday, according to CNN affiliate WHP .

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/29/us/pennsylvania-ciara-meyer-shooting-father-charged/index.html

[struggle4progress]

1. "... The girl's father pointed a loaded rifle at Steele, and the constable fired a single shot,

authorities said. The bullet traveled through Meyer's arm and struck Ciara, who was standing behind her father ..."

[NickB79]

10. Ok, that makes more sense

I was really confused when I first read the OP, until I scrolled down to this.

[jonno99]

2. "The girl's father pointed a loaded rifle at Steele, and the constable fired a single shot,

authorities said. The bullet traveled through Meyer's arm and struck Ciara, who was standing behind her father."

-snip-

"Donald Meyer knew the constable was coming, Pennsylvania State Trooper Robert Hicks told CNN affiliate WPMT. His family had received multiple notifications, with the last making it clear a constable was on the way with an eviction notice."

IMO - the father acted stupidly...

[whatthehey]

3. Good. Appropriately so

Pointing guns at LEOs is a guarantee to get bullets flying the other way. Any 5 yr old knows this.

[Iggo]

4. That wasn't an accident. But it's entirely the dad's fault.

[mythology]

5. The dad is a dumbas

He brought this on himself.

[Blue_Tires]

6. I figured this would be the eventual outcome

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/30/us/man-is-charged-in-death-of-his-daughter-after-eviction-confrontation.html?src=twr&smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

[Oneironaut]

7. Idiot father.

Usually I'm not on the cops' side, but you would have to be either stupid, heartless, or both to point a rifle at the police with your daughter standing right behind you.

[book_worm]

8. I guess that father was pretty stupid to put his daughter in harms way that way.

[Mojorabbit]

11. OR

he was distraught and not thinking clearly. I have never been in bad enough shape to be evicted. I cannot imagine how that must feel.

[JI7]

9. GOOD