Georgia teen Christopher Roupe was shot by a Euharlee police officer on Feb. 14, 2014 after he answered the door, holding what police thought to be a handgun. According to family members, Roupe, 17, was an aspiring Marine. According to NY Daily News, police assert that the teen pointed a gun directly at the female officer, prompting her to blast the boy in the chest. The circumstances of the shooting are under review by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, according to reports.
According to witnesses, the officer, who is now on administrative leave, broke down emotionally when she realized that she had shot the teenage boy at point-blank range. Roupe was transported to a hospital in Cartersville where he was pronounced dead. The result of the investigation will be forwarded to the district attorney’s office, according to police.
“It just doesn’t add up,” family attorney Cole Law told Atlanta’s WSBTV. “He heard a knock at the door. He asked who it was, there was no response so he opened the door and upon opening the door he was immediately shot in the chest.”
Roupe was a member of the ROTC at his high school and was planning to sign up for the Marines, his friends said.