A tragic story
There’s not much I can say about this story. It sounds like a bunch of kids were scared to let their parents know they were drinking beer, or doing whatever and scattered when the Police arrived. For those who may not know, Spring Valley is a small river town, just west of Lasalle-Peru.
SPRING VALLEY - A 16-year-old DePue boy died Wednesday in Spring Valley after fleeing from police who were investigating why a group of teens was at a vacant residence.
Tyler J. Harrison apparently fell down a steep incline while running through a yard away from police, according to a Spring Valley police report.
The police report said officers were not pursuing the boy.
Police went to the 100 block of West Devlin Street in Spring Valley after receiving a report at about 11:50 a.m. of suspicious activity at a house that was vacant and for sale
Police talked to a boy who was at the front of the house.
Police said a group of teens, including Harrison, ran after hearing the officers had arrived. Police do not believe Harrison was familiar with the area where he was running.
One officer found a girl crying in an alley behind the home. She led officers to Harrison, who was lying in the 100 block of West Minnesota Street, one block south of Devlin Street.
He had no pulse and had lost a lot of blood from a severe cut, police said. He was later pronounced dead at Saint Margaret’s Hospital.
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July 22nd, 2006 at 11:13 am
A candidate for the Darwin awards, I’d say.
July 22nd, 2006 at 8:30 pm
Well, that’s not quite what I was thinking at the time, but I suppose you have a point.
July 24th, 2006 at 5:48 pm
That is so sad but the parents will likely blame the cops anyway. It HAD to be somebody’s fault BESIDES the kid’s. That’s the way it is these days.
October 26th, 2006 at 8:25 pm
the parents didnt blame the cops. thats not how they are, thats not how he would want them to be..
October 26th, 2006 at 10:27 pm
KT, I’ve never personally lost someone that young and close to me, but I have had to witness several tragic deaths that I’ll never forget:
1. My sister’s 2 year old of unknown cause.
2. My cousin in a car accident.
3. My wife’s brother-in-law who was a cop and first responder to “shots fired”.