Final Exam Part 2

A 19-year-old shoplifting suspect died last Saturday. The man was later identified by police as Timothy Milan. Milan was reportedly spotted by a stuffing two sweaters down his pants and make his way out of Panzer's Department Store in an attempt to shoplift. Seeing this happen, the store's guard then began to chase Milan.
   "We saw him start running and the guard was right behind him", eye witness Sherry Carter said.
Three bystanders quickly joined the chase and eventually caught up to Milan.
   "We went outside to see what was going to happen and we saw the boy get dragged to the ground", Carter said. "They were fighting alright, but it looked like all four of them were pulling at him and he finally stopped moving."
   A police officer who arrived at the scene reported that Milan collapsed as he put handcuffs on him. An autopsy later 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. "The gentleman who held onto Milan was just being a good citizen." 
   The police said that bystanders did not kill Milan intentionally, but that he was fighting violently back. He was supposedly punching, kicking, and even biting his captors- so they were simply attempting to restrain him and help to capture a suspected criminal.
   "Milan should never have run from the guard, we believe he had a run in with police in the past", Williams said.
   However, Milan's parents do not agree with the statement made by Officer Williams.
"My wife and I are just in ruins over this. He was our only child and he had never had problems with the law", Timothy's father, Eric Milan said.
   Milan's family does not see this case as an accident and believe that punishment is due.
"We plan to bring civil charges against the man who did this to my son", Eric said. "Our lawyers are already filing papers and we encourage the courts to revisit this ruling from a criminal perspective."
  Police today said that they will not be charging anyone involved in the case with a crime. The store manager, Paula Smith, does however, offer her condolences.
   "We are sorry for the death of the young man, it was never our intentions for these kinds of things to happen", Smith said. "We are currently looking at revising our policies regarding shoplifting and how we keep these kinds of things from happening."