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15-year-old shot by police was unarmed.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 28-JUN-05 		Format: Online - approximately 1028 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: 15-year-old shot by police was unarmed.(Crime)(Jason Michael Porter, a Thurston High School sophomore, died early Sunday morning from a single bullet fired by a Springfield police officer. Authorities say the shooting was justified.)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Rebecca Nolan The Register-Guard

SPRINGFIELD - A police officer who shot and killed an unarmed 15-year-old boy early Sunday probably will not face any legal penalty, Lane County District Attorney Doug Harcleroad announced Monday.

"Assuming we don't get anything new, it's a justified shooting in our minds," Harcleroad said.

A Springfield police officer with less than two years on the force told inves- tigators he thought Jason Michael Porter had a gun when the officer fired a single bullet from his service weapon through the driver's side window and hit Porter in the jaw. Authorities are not releasing the officer's name.

The Thurston High School sophomore did not have a weapon, Harcleroad said.

It was the first fatal shooting by a Springfield police officer since 1993.

Porter's parents, Charles and Kelly Porter, were angered by Harcleroad's decision.

"My son was shot and killed because he made a gesture with his hand," Charles...

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