Teen killed after tracking stolen phone

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Teen killed after tracking stolen phone

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Teen shot to death after tracking down his stolen smartphone
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/06/17/ ... martphone/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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jmra wrote:Teen shot to death after tracking down his stolen smartphone
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/06/17/ ... martphone/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Couldn't have happened like they said... I thought Canadians, always the most polite and friendly people in the world, couldn't legally posses a handgun as a private citizen. Hmmm.

Seriously, though - confronting someone who's stolen your cell phone might not be the smartest thing that young man could have done... A call to the OPP (Ontario Provincal Police) or the local area police would have been the smartest way to go, unless he needed to avoid the coppers for some reason. Mjust sayin'...
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jmra wrote:Teen shot to death after tracking down his stolen smartphone
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/06/17/ ... martphone/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Already covered here: viewtopic.php?f=108&t=78195&p=994216
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