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Last Saturday, 19 year old Timothy Milan died.
A guard at Panzer's Department Store told police he saw Milan stuff two sweaters down his pants legs, then walk past a checkout line and out of the department store.
"We saw him start running and the guard was right behind him." eyewitness Sherry Carter said.
The guard then began to chase Milan, who ran, and three bystanders joined in the pursuit. They caught up with Milan, and, when he resisted, one of the bystanders applied a headlock to him.
"We went outside to see what was going to happen and we saw the boy get dragged to the ground." Carter said.
A police officer who arrived at the scene reported that Milan collapsed as he put handcuffs on him. An autopsy conducted to determine the cause of death revealed that Milan died due to a lack of oxygen to the brain.
"It was a case of excusable homicide." police spokesman Michael Williams said.
Police today said they do not plan to charge anyone involved in the case with a crime.
"The gentleman who held onto Milan was just being a good citizen." Williams said.
Although the police aren't pressing charges, Milans family is.
"We plan to bring civil charges against the man who did this to my son.
Our lawyers are already filing papers and we encourage the courts to revisit this ruling from a criminal perspective." Eric Milan said.
The police said the bystanders did not mean to injure Milan or to kill him, but that he was fighting violently—punching and kicking at his captors and even trying to bite them—and that they were simply trying to restrain him and trying to help capture a suspected criminal.
"We are sorry for the death of the young man, it was never our intentions for these kinds of things to happen." store manager Paula Smith said.
Last Saturday, 19 year old Timothy Milan died.
A guard at Panzer's Department Store told police he saw Milan stuff two sweaters down his pants legs, then walk past a checkout line and out of the department store.
"We saw him start running and the guard was right behind him." eyewitness Sherry Carter said.
The guard then began to chase Milan, who ran, and three bystanders joined in the pursuit. They caught up with Milan, and, when he resisted, one of the bystanders applied a headlock to him.
"We went outside to see what was going to happen and we saw the boy get dragged to the ground." Carter said.
A police officer who arrived at the scene reported that Milan collapsed as he put handcuffs on him. An autopsy conducted to determine the cause of death revealed that Milan died due to a lack of oxygen to the brain.
"It was a case of excusable homicide." police spokesman Michael Williams said.
Police today said they do not plan to charge anyone involved in the case with a crime.
"The gentleman who held onto Milan was just being a good citizen." Williams said.
Although the police aren't pressing charges, Milans family is.
"We plan to bring civil charges against the man who did this to my son.
Our lawyers are already filing papers and we encourage the courts to revisit this ruling from a criminal perspective." Eric Milan said.
The police said the bystanders did not mean to injure Milan or to kill him, but that he was fighting violently—punching and kicking at his captors and even trying to bite them—and that they were simply trying to restrain him and trying to help capture a suspected criminal.
"We are sorry for the death of the young man, it was never our intentions for these kinds of things to happen." store manager Paula Smith said.
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