UPDATE on 13 year old shot 7 times...........overkill ?

Calif. community questions shooting of 13-year-old

SUDHIN THANAWALA, AP

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Students from Elsie Allen High School and Lawrence Cook Middle School march towards the site where 13-year-old Andy Lopez was shot and killed by a Sonoma County sheriff's deputy

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Residents of a Northern California community expressed skepticism Thursday about a sheriff's deputy's decision to shoot a popular 13-year-old boy who was carrying a pellet gun that looked like an assault rifle.

A preliminary autopsy report released Thursday said Andy Lopez was shot seven times, and the two fatal wounds were in his right hip and the right side of his chest. over a BB gun
The final autopsy results won't be ready for several weeks.

Meanwhile, hundreds of people marched more than 3 miles from Santa Rosa City Hall to the field where Andy Lopez was killed Tuesday afternoon. Some lit candles and placed flowers at a makeshift memorial with printed pictures of the victim, stuffed animals and a balloon that read "RIP Andy L." An Aztec dance performance followed the march.

"It's very tragic and sad. It just happened so quick," said Noel Nunez, 15, a sophomore at nearby Elsie Allen High School. Still, he said deputies should have been able to tell the difference between a real gun and a replica weapon.