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U.S. NEWS Friday 13 april 2018

Police probe ‘horrific’ death of teenage boy trapped in van

By DAN SEWELL
Associated Press A county sheriff’s deputy
CINCINNATI (AP) — Au- on traffic duty at the school
thorities pledged on Thurs- also checked around, po-
day to find out what went lice said.
wrong in the death of a Plush called 911 again at
16-year-old boy they say around 3:35 p.m. Police
became trapped by a said this time he provided
minivan bench seat in a a description of the vehicle
school parking lot and as he desperately pleaded
whose body was found for help but couldn’t hear
about six hours after he first the dispatcher. Isaac said
called 911. the information didn’t get
Police Chief Eliot Isaac relayed to officers at the
said something went “ter- scene.
ribly wrong” in Kyle Plush’s “This is not a joke,” the teen
death. He said a dispatch- said over 911. “I’m almost
er was put on administra- dead.”
tive leave and the actions He asked the dispatcher to
of all personnel involved “tell my mom I love her if I
will be reviewed. die.”
Hamilton County pros- Police were unable to lo-
ecutor Joe Deters said cate the boy on any of
his office is trying to iden- several parking lots of the In this Tuesday night, April 10, 2018 photo, a minivan is removed from the parking lot near the
tify experts to help its own Seven Hills School complex. Seven Hills School campus in Cincinnati. Cincinnati authorities are investigating the death Tuesday
probe with the coroner’s Police said a friend called of 16-year-old Kyle Plush, who was trapped inside the minivan.
office. The coroner ruled the boy’s parents that Associated Press
the teenager died of as- evening saying he hadn’t family members then ar- The Seven Hills School , a grade.
phyxia, from his chest be- shown up as planned for rived at the unlocked ve- private academy in Cincin- “He was a young man of
ing compressed. a tennis match. His mother hicle with the unresponsive nati for students from pre- keen intelligence, good
A telephone message was used an app to locate his teen inside. Police and fire kindergarten through 12th humor and great courage,
left for the boy’s parents phone at Seven Hills. They responders getting there grade, sent out a message and this whole community
on Thursday. called the county dispatch just before 9 p.m. were un- saying Plush had been a feels this loss very deeply,”
Isaac called the boy’s center, and police said able to revive him. student there since sixth the school said.q
death “a horrific tragedy.”
“We share in their heart- Judge bars immigration enforcement criteria for police grant
break,” he said.
Plush first called 911 at By MICHAEL BALSAMO, As- ministration’s efforts to use
about 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, sociated Press federal funds as a weapon
saying he was stuck inside LOS ANGELES (AP) — A fed- to make local jurisdictions
a van in “desperate need eral judge issued a nation- complicit in its civil immigra-
of help.” But he was unable wide injunction Thursday tion enforcement policies,”
to hear the dispatcher’s barring the U.S. Justice De- Attorney Mike Feuer said.
questions, police said, and partment from giving pri- The Justice Department
a callback to his cellphone ority status for multimillion- called the ruling “over-
after it disconnected went dollar community policing broad and inconsistent
to voicemail. Responding grants to departments that with the rule of law” and
police drove through the agree to cooperate with vowed to defend its posi-
area looking for signs of immigration officials.The rul- tion. The federal COPS Hir-
anyone in distress but saw ing came after Los Angeles ing Program awards more
nothing out of the ordinary — a sanctuary city — filed than $98 million to police
in the school complex, Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer, middle, is flanked by a request for the injunction. departments across the
which has several parking Police Chief Charlie Beck, right, and Mayor Eric Garcetti during “This is yet another dag- U.S. to hire more officers for
areas. a press conference in Los Angeles Thursday, April 12, 2018.
Associated Press ger in the heart of the ad- community policing. q