re cop kills teenager acns colostate edu holland cs colostate edu douglas craig holland writes suspended police officer arrested in revenge triple homicide providence r i ap a police officer afraid he would be fired for allegedly assaulting a teen ager walked into an auto body shop wher the youth worked said you re going to die and fatally shot him and two others police said a fourth youth was wounded a fifth escaped injury by hiding under a car suspended police officer robert sabetta of cranston was arrested at gunpoint over three hours after the shooting at wilson s auto enterprises in foster a rural town of about people in northwest rhode island doug holland i think i have updated info on this my understandingis that former officer cranston approached a teenager who was being questioned by another officer officer cranston struck teenager a in the head with a heavy police flashlight causing a significant though not life threatening there is no evidence that teenager a was doing anything threatening at the time teenager a was released on bail recognizance and filed a formal complaint against officer cranston the police chief suspended cranston pending an investigation into the use of excessive force the above is pretty clear but what seems to have happened is this the chief requested cranston s gun but cranston refused to turn it over until the chief went the cranston s home to get it sources said cranston had always wanted to be a cop and was very afraid of loosing his job because of the complaint against him a few days afterward cranston allegedly walked into wilson s garage where teenager a and friends were known to hang out and work on cars as a hobby cranston fatally shot teenager a as well as teenagers b and c teenager d was shot once in the shoulder chest teenager e was working under the car and was not noticed by officer cranston teenager d went to a home and summoned police who went to wilson s garage and found the corpses and one unscathed survivor a few days after his arrest officer cranston attemped to commit suicide in his cell case kim
