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61 opinions for Tyler Dumstorf

• Rachel
  Jun 20, 2007 at 5:42 pm

  I don’t think that he killed the cops because of the pot I think he may have had a messed up life, he never seemed like the kind of guy to kill anyone or even hurt anyone because he was a quiet sweet guy.

• Thomas
  Jun 20, 2007 at 10:17 pm

  And yet, he murdered two people by shooting them in the back without hesitation. I think your interpretation of “sweet” may be a bit off don’t you? I knew Frank Denzinger. He was a really decent person. He wouldn’t have shot Tyler in the back for no reason. Let’s not feel bad for Tyler. He got better than he deserved. Tyler is, regrettably, the textbook definition of the pent up little losers to prevalent in suburbs today. Just a waste of air. : ( Poor Frank…

• Rachel
  Jun 21, 2007 at 2:36 am

  You knew the cop but you didn’t know him so you shouldn’t make assumptions about him. Because he tried to kill himself and them threatened to try again something was obviously wrong with him, so it’s possible he had some sorta of psychological problem that caused him to shoot two people in the back. Oh and im not the only one that says he was a sweet quiet kid read all of the comments on myspace some are even from people who didn’t know him. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=164453242

• Lisa C. Thurman
  Jun 21, 2007 at 1:02 pm

  I was Tyler’s second grade teacher at Breckinridge Franklin Elementary and I am writing to make it known that he was in deed by far the sweetest little boy in my class that year. I don’t know anything about what what happened to him when he left Jefferson County Public Schools and moved to Indiana. I can only say that I remember him as an extremely very sweet, kind, hardworking, eager to please little boy. My prayers go out to his family especially his parents as I remember his mother so well . I tried to find out where his friends were gathering for the press conference as I too, wanted to speak on his behalf. My heart is also very heavy as I pray for the Deputy in the hospital and the family of the Deputy that was killed. We may never know what provoked Tyler’s actions, even so through it all, I will continue to pray for all those touched by this traggedy.

• lulz
  Jun 22, 2007 at 1:51 pm

  he was such an hero!

• Rachel D
  Jun 22, 2007 at 6:42 pm

  We’re all sweet in 2nd grade. By the way the correct spelling is tragedy.

• Rachel D
  Jun 22, 2007 at 6:59 pm

  Reading some of the posts on Tyler Dumstorf’s my space page is absolutley making me sick. What kind of nutcase wld feel sorry for this “whoa is me “, whiney, shelfish, MURDERER. I’m sure if he took his gun and his anger to his school and took out some of his friends that brag that he was “such a good person” they wld think differently. Bet that thought never crossed thier minds. I was once a teenager w/plenty of angst, depression, and problems(probably way more than this kid ever dealt with) but I wld nver had dreamed of harming another person. I new better, as well as this kid did!!!!! This kid is no better than the scumbag 17 yr old (I65 sniper) that killed my fiance’ Jerry. No thanks to him I struggle daily to go on. The only good thing with Tyler is that we won’t have to pay for a trial and his prison time. How dare you ppl feel sorry for this kid. Feel sorry for the widow that has to live the rest of her life w/this nightmare that will never go away, or how about the 2 yr. old daughter that will grow up w/out a father. I know what both of their lives will be like because my fiance’ and father both were murdered. I’m just thankful that this kid will never be able to take another life again!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  P.S. Is it not about time that we realize that kids should NEVER have the right to bear arms for ANY reason? Parents stop teaching your CHILDREN how to use weapons!!!!!

• mackenzee oller
  Jun 22, 2007 at 11:11 pm

  i dated tyler for two years. he isnt a bad person. i dont know why you all are gonna sit here and talk about him like you know him or something. he isnt a bad person. yes he shot a cop. im pretty sure its because he was scared. i love that kid and i dont care what you all think because he is a good person and 2 lives yes but its people like you that make me want to puke!

• Rachel D
  Jun 24, 2007 at 9:18 am

  Maybe someday you will have some one you love murdered and maybe you will understand. You are just a teenager and you don’t understand much about life. But you shold at least be smart enough to know right is right and wrong is wrong. I’m sure you probably belive that Zach Blanton (I65 sniper) is a good person too.

• Chuck
  Jun 24, 2007 at 8:35 pm

  Rachel D, first off, my condolances on your loss; I can’t imagine the pain of going through something like that. Anyway, you pretty much hit the nail on the head…yes, I’m sorry for w/e crap Dumstorf had to deal with, but fear doesn’t justify killing a cop and seriously wounding another…all this because Mommy threatened to take away his stash? If he’s such a good person, he would’ve realized that taking the law into his own hands was NOT the answer.

• Rachel
  Jun 25, 2007 at 9:14 am

  i think the fact that he previously tried to kill himself suggests something was proley wrong.

• Tabatha
  Jun 25, 2007 at 2:53 pm

  Tyler was a good kid!!!!
  He was very shy but when he did talk he was never hateful!!! He was in one of my classes and i thought he was nice!!! and quiet!!!! Pray for the family!!!

• Mark
  Jun 26, 2007 at 2:04 am

  I was Denzinger’s roommate at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy. To those that still claim this person that shot Frank is a good person, even though he shot two police officers, I hope you will grow up one day and see the folly of your beliefs. RIP Frank, you will be missed. Even though I only lived with you for 14 weeks, I will miss you.

• Alan
  Jun 26, 2007 at 4:03 pm

  Sorry for the loss of the officer. He might have been a good kid on the surface, but obviously he was one screwed up kid. It is very hard to defend the kid and seperate him from this action. We are a sum total of our actions, and some actions speak multitudes about our character.

• Baby Puppy
  Jun 27, 2007 at 11:27 am

  Sure, he was a good kid… well, he’s dead now, so that’s good.

• David I
  Jun 28, 2007 at 12:31 pm

  Most of you heard the story and right away wanted to start bashing someone you do not know. First of all one of you said 2 cops were killed, wrong 2 were shot, one died. Another NONE of you know the circumstances surrounding the thing. You don’t know what was going on in that kids life. It could have been anything to set him off. Maybe people like you making fun of him, and then the littlest thing triggered him. I am sure all of you people have perfect lives, and nothing ever happens negative to you. Don’t judge other people until you take a nice long look at your life, your problems, and then ask your self, Do i really need to criticize someone i don’t know. Its over. He is dead is there a need to keep bringing it up. And no, it isn’t good when people are DEAD. there are people that cared for him weather or not you did.

• Alan
  Jun 28, 2007 at 1:04 pm

  “Its over. He is dead is there a need to keep bringing it up.”

  It is not over. This one officer’s family who is devestated. There is another who is injured. No one has a perfect life. Yet it is the very rare exception who kill others cause they can’t deal

• JS
  Jun 28, 2007 at 7:58 pm

  Why isn’t anyone addressing the parents of Tyler Dumstorf? I have a real problem with parents who do not get involved with their kids’ lives. IF this kid did, in fact, have “real” problems, shouldn’t the parents have known? Shouldn’t they also have known that their kid had the gun in his room, AND ammunition for it? Parenting involves getting involved with your kid, KNOWING your kid, talking with them, & giving advice/help when needed. No NORMAL 15 yr old growing up in a NORMAL family setting, would shoot and kill police officers. I could vomit when I read you all saying that Tyler was a good kid. He was NOT a good kid. Good kids DON’T kill people, and sane, normal people don’t kill themselves. As for David I’s comment about “First of all, only one cop died”… How dare you make light of the murder/shooting of those police officers who were killed/wounded by this repulsive heathen. All you spoke of was this kid being dead. I say if he wanted to kill himself and burn in hell; that’s his choice. I don’t care what people choose to do to themselves. My sorrow goes out to the family of Officer Denzinger, who have lost their wonderful son, husband, father, & brother, and to Officer White who has to live with his painful injuries. These officers and their families should be the focus of our words, and thoughts, and very little if any, should be spent on this kid. This was a deplorable act by this 15 year old. There are NO excuses that can be made for what Tyler Dumstorf did. There are no excuses for murder. I did not know this boy, or even wish I had. He was NOT a “sweet” kid, a “good” kid, or even a troubled kid. He was spolied, shameless, killer. Shouldn’t the parent’s have had a clue? Maybe Tyler’s parents should have taken him to music lessons instead of target practice.

• Rachel
  Jun 28, 2007 at 8:55 pm

  to JS who said he was “Not a “sweet” kid, a “good” kid, or even a troubled kid” you said you did not know him so you have no right to decide what kind of kid he was or if he was troubled. you also said “No NORMAL 15 yr old growing up in a NORMAL family setting, would shoot and kill police officers” so obliviously something wasn’t “NORMAL”!!!

• Chuck D.
  Jun 28, 2007 at 9:22 pm

  I have to agree w/JS here…w/e probs Dumstorf was having, why didn’t his fam notice or get him help? While I (like most of the regs) solely blame him for killing Denzinger and severely wounding White, this kind of negligence set the stage for Dumstorf’s drug abuse, earlier suicide attempt, and the tragedy that it ultimately ended in.

  Oh, and I noticed there’s another Chuck on here, so I’ll now be posting as “Chuck D” to avoid confusion, just so you guys know.

• RACHEL
  Jun 29, 2007 at 10:35 am

  To JS & Chuck D you said why didn’t his parents notice or get him help? Well his dad was too busy being an alcoholic and his mom was proley worrying about him.

• Trench
  Jun 29, 2007 at 10:40 am

  Proley? What the hell is proley?

• Katsy
  Jun 29, 2007 at 1:40 pm

  I agree with a few people on here. Sure the kid was sweet in his younger days but how many sweet people shoot 2 police officers, killing one? He might have been troubled but I’m pretty troubled myself and I’d never even think of trying to kill someone. Fear doesn’t pull the trigger of a gun remember.

• Ix
  Jun 29, 2007 at 1:52 pm

  Rachel, if his mom was busy PROBABLY worrying about him, surely she would have noticed if everything wasn’t alright with him?
  Either way, sweet kid or not, it doesn’t justify killing someone because your mom found your pot stash.

• Debbie
  Jun 29, 2007 at 2:29 pm

  There are many sides to this story, but the end result is there are several victims who are dead and injured. Parents of kids under 18 (who they are responsible for) should be forced to explain their parenting techniques if they murder someone — if only so the rest of us could learn from their mistakes. The parents of the Columbine shooters should have had to explain themselves. Maybe they weren’t at fault, but they should have to prove their innocence in a court of law. They are legally responsible for their children.

• Rachel
  Jun 29, 2007 at 4:03 pm

  Ix, when i said his mom was “proley worrying about him” i was talking about the alcoholic dad.

• Rob
  Jun 29, 2007 at 6:30 pm

  I too have to agree with JS. Why weren’t the parents being parents? The 15 year old kid was smoking pot, and doing who the hell knows what else, had attempted suicide sometime earlier and had a gun with bullets in his possession. If a kid is on drugs and tried to kill himself, why would you allow him to have a gun? These parents obviously are partially to blame for this horrible, senseless crime. I agree JS, Tyler wasn’t a normal kid growing up in a normal family. Didn’t anyone in this kids’ life see this? Some of you still insist this was a good kid? Good kids sing in the choir, volunteer, read books, play games, join scouting, etc. They don’t smoke pot, try to kill themselves, and shoot cops. Stop trying to convince us that Tyler was a good, sweet, nice boy. He must have been a hell of an actor if that’s what you all saw in him, and therefore, you really didn’t know him at all. To Frank’s family, I am truly sorry for your loss, and you are in my thoughts and prayers.

• Lee
  Jun 30, 2007 at 6:30 am

  Should have shot more of them.

• PJ
  Jun 30, 2007 at 12:27 pm

  We need to remember everyone that was involved in this tragic and sad event; not only the officer’s families but also the family and friends of Tyler Dumstorf. The amish familes in Pa showed the world how to truly love and forgive after their children where shot and killed. This should be an example for us all instead of pointing fingers.

• Johnny
  Jul 2, 2007 at 7:01 am

  i dont think what he did can be justified in any way but i dont think that means people can’t feel sorry for tyler. it’s a terrible thing that he did and maybe one can’t understand his actions, but one can definitely feel sorry that he lost his way and shot two people.

• Shigg
  Jul 2, 2007 at 6:38 pm

  God you people are illiterate. Learn to read and write.

• Anonymous
  Jul 3, 2007 at 11:08 am

  You guys need to understand, this is Natural Selection in action, now if would only work a little faster to rid the world of scum like this little faggot pot head. good riddance.

• Gill
  Jul 3, 2007 at 4:05 pm

  i think its pretty pathetic that all of u have sympathy for this dude, he killed 1 police officer and wounded another they were just doing their damn jobs i don’t fell sorry for him i feel sorry for the police officers who help us everyday and have to deal with crazy assholes like this dude “oh he was so nice and quiet and so very sweet he made good grades” and then he shot some cops

• David I
  Jul 3, 2007 at 8:25 pm

  You people continue to say he wasn’t troubled. Honestly how do you know? He shot 2 people killing one. believe it or not some people are not right in the head, his parents did get involved, he was caught with pot, how could his parents have known he would react that way? They didn’t. I know what he did was wrong, but again, leave it be. IT IS REALLY OVER. The case is closed, they know who killed the cop, so whats there to argue or debate over? my Condolences to the families of the police officers, but it is over. Especially when most of you do not know him or the kind of person he was. Look at your life, how perfect is it? for some of you i am sure it wouldn’t take much to go over the edge and do something that insane. you people are just looking for someone to blame.

• Bill T
  Jul 6, 2007 at 6:37 pm

  Aw, poor sweet little cop killer. Guess what. This kid is a murderer. He ruined two families’ lives. Calling him “sweet” not only completely fails at justifying him taking away the father of a two year old, but it’s also disrespectful to the two police officers. Defending this kid, no matter how close you were to him or how non-murderer-esque he was as a SECOND grader, is completely inappropriate because you’re denegrating the real tragedy of a man doing his job not seeing his kid grow up and not getting older with his wife. All because of this “sweet” little murderer.

• Bill T
  Jul 6, 2007 at 6:43 pm

  Furthermore, I can’t believe that the defenders of this kid aren’t qualifying their statements with, “Despite the fact that my nice quiet friend single-handedly obliterated two families over his pot,” and then adding their little, “He was really quiet and I liked him!!!”

  At least acknowledge the real victims before defending the murderer. That is, if you feel so compelled to justify the shooter’s actions. Anyone who does so (his petty teenage friends and fellow potheads) is naive and ignorant beyond help.

• David I
  Jul 6, 2007 at 8:08 pm

  Yeah they kid was fucked up, and i am not defending his actions in anyway but he was a person also. He had a family, he had friends, he had people who cared about him just like those police officers. You need to realize that he was a living breathing human being just like everyone else. He may have been fucked up, but a person none the less. And no the people out there who do care for that kid are not ignorant or naive, they are human. They love him for who he was not what he did. You people need to remember that there are more than just the officers families suffering before commenting on him.

• Rachel D
  Jul 7, 2007 at 12:37 am

  If he hadn’t killed himself would you still feel sorry for him? He was a product of his environment as we all are. I’ve had a very messed up life, starting from the time that I was 5 yrs old, but I never felt the need to harm another person for the bad things that happened to me. I was raised to know the consequnces for my own actions. Right is right and wrong is wrong. This kid knew what he was doing. If he would have had a remorseful bone in his body he would stopped after shooting the first officer. Or for that case would not have fried a shot at all. If you hate your life that much then take your own life that’s your choice. But don’t make the choice to take an innocent persons life!!! Keep in mind that this could have happened to you or someone you love. Then would you feel so compasionate toward this kid?

• Hilary
  Jul 7, 2007 at 2:06 am

  GOOD PEOPLE DON’T KILL OTHERS!

  how can u people even say he was a good person.. HE KILLED SOMEONE!

  & this nonsense that he was scared? scared of what? two police officers standing outside his house talk with his mother. omannn really scary situation. bull crap.

  &&& theres plenty of people who grow up with disfucntional families and they dont go around killing people.

  HE IS A HORRIBLE PERSON THAT DESERVED TO DIEEEE!

• David I
  Jul 7, 2007 at 8:55 am

  Where in my comment do you read, i feel sorry for the kid, because really i never said that. And it doesn’t matter what he did the point i was making is that all you people are quick to pass judgment on him him which is understandable, but he was a human, he had family and friends people did care about him weather you did or didn’t. Whats more disgusting than anything is they way you people disrespect deceased people, even if they took another life. And it doesn’t matter how hard your life was because you will never know how bad his was. Maybe he deserved to die for what he did, but you people need to grow up, and look at your own life before you pass judgment on someone else.

• David I
  Jul 7, 2007 at 8:56 am

  And where is my comment does it say he is a good kid, when you find that in my comments let me know. Don’t put words in other peoples mouth when what they wrote is right above yours.

• Rachel D
  Jul 7, 2007 at 7:45 pm

  First of all David I my comments were not directed to you personally. They were made to the situation in a whole. I can also assure that this kids life could have never touched what I have been thru.
  1. Lost my 7 yr old brother when I was 5.
  2. Lost my father to a drug deal gone bad ($25 worth of pot) at age 10.
  3. Lost my fiance’ to a 17 yr old sniper last July.
  That’s just the highlights. Yes I do pass judgement on people that shelfishly take another persons life.
  You would to if someone you love was murdered for a stupid reason. As for Tyler nobody disrespected him and his family but himself.

• Wootey woots
  Jul 8, 2007 at 1:59 pm

  Tyler sounds like a little bitch ass pussy if you ask me. He should’ve just nutted the hell up and took it like a man, rather than go all white trash and kill two highly respected members of law enforcement. At least he’s out of the gene pool now.

• Wootey woots
  Jul 8, 2007 at 2:01 pm

  As his friends have said:
  “You don’t understand, HE MADE A’S AND B’S!”
  He killed two cops, but that’s okay becasue he was an honors student, eh?

• David
  Jul 8, 2007 at 3:06 pm

  Nobody is condoning what the kid did. Nobody ever said it was ok because of his grades. Why is it wrong for the people who actually knew him to say how they feel about him without getting criticized. if it was your brother who went out and killed a cop and then himself i seriously doubt you would go around talking shit about him and always associating him as being a killer when you remember him. But i am sure there are people out there who think your a little bitch ass pussy also.

• Rachel D
  Jul 8, 2007 at 11:05 pm

  If anyone in my family killed an innocent person I would disown them. I don’t care how muce I love them. They sould be punished for their crime. Again right is right and wrong is wrong. I wouldn’t be able to trust that they wouldn’t kill me. Remember this officer pushed the aunt out of the way or else she would have been the one that would have been killed. Enough with the excuses. I would also expct people to feel the same about me if I did what he did. This is coming from someone that has lost two people to murder. What is it going to take for you to understand?

• David
  Jul 9, 2007 at 10:30 am

  What is it going to take you to understand. It doesn’t matter what the fuck that kid did, he is still a human, a person. With friends and family. And i never said what would you do if someone you were related to killed two people. I Said if they killed ONE person, and then themselves. And no you wouldn’t disown them they are dead idiot. And like you are the only person who has had a family member be murdered or more then one. you don’t know what I’ve been through and i not that petty of a person to display it for pity. I don’t pity this kid for doing what he did and for being dead, the point i am trying to make for the 3rd time, is he was a human PEOPLE DID LOVE HIM EVEN IF YOU DIDN’T,, why can’t you respect that. And why should i sympathize for someone being killed over drugs, thats basically what this is, 2 people dead over a kid getting in trouble with pot.? It doesn’t matter how much money it was. If they weren’t fucking with drugs would they have got shot over them, no. And i hear all you people saying you’ve had so many people murdered. Well where are the people who are related to the MURDERS?? And how they feel about there loved ones.

• Rachel D
  Jul 9, 2007 at 8:15 pm

  Please do not respond to me anymore!!!! I don’t wish to debate with an unintelligable person that obviously has anger issues. Half of what you said in your last post doesn’t even make sense. I also don’t wish to blog with someone that has to resort to name calling. That is too childish to waste my time on.

• David
  Jul 10, 2007 at 5:56 pm

  I would like to apologize for that last comment it was uncalled for.

• Rachel D
  Jul 10, 2007 at 7:28 pm

  Apology accepted. Thank you.

• pkdavis1495
  Jul 11, 2007 at 8:21 pm

  Marijuana doesn’t make cowards do cowardly, chicken shit acts. His teacher also missed spelling TRAGEDY. D-

• David
  Jul 11, 2007 at 8:39 pm

  No one ever said marijuana did. He got caught with it, no one ever said it was the reason. He was a kid, when i was 14 i got caught with pot, at the time it felt like my life was over, not as if i should go and kill someone, but it just felt like it was over. Sounds pretty stupid, but i was a kid. Kids do stupid things, not saying thats and excuse by any means because it isn’t. He knew what would happen when he pulled that trigger.

• Just One of the Crowd
  Jul 29, 2007 at 4:56 pm

  Tyler Dumstorf made a series of horrible decisions that resulted in the deaths of two highly respected and dutiful officers and an intelligent honors student (Note: I did not say mature. Intellegence and maturity are two different attributes). Tyler Dumstorf is solely responsible for his decisions. If he were still alive, I would support prosecuting him to the fullest extent of the law.

  Still, despite this truth, their is also another truth that we must look at in order to assess the situation rationally and reasonably: the fact that, despite Tyler’s horrible final actions, a lot of people still turn out to support him. You need look no further than his Myspace page to see all the supportive comments people left him. Obviously, this kid must have done something right in his life to get all this support.

  My opinion? I don’t have one, and I refuse to make a judgment either way, pro- or anti-Tyler. I don’t have all the facts. I didn’t know Tyler. I didn’t know his mom/dad/the officers. I wasn’t at the scene when Tyler fired the shots. What Tyler did was horrible, but I refuse to pass a final judgment on something that I do not feel I am qualified to judge.

• Illicit and Immoral
  Jul 30, 2007 at 2:04 pm

  Just One of the Crowd: Thanks for posting the most intelligent, sensible comment on this board. People can speculate but if they weren’t there and didn’t see what went down, they’re in no position to judge. The kid had a family ancestry riddled with criminals and murder. Perhaps he was predisposed to snap.

• Hilary
  Jul 30, 2007 at 3:28 pm

  David, have you killed someone? because you sure are sticking up for people who have & i’m not sure i understand why.

• David
  Jul 30, 2007 at 5:12 pm

  I am not condoning what he did or sticking up for the kid, i would preferred him to have lived and be punished for what he did, but If you would have read every single comment and not pick and chose you would know that. I made my point in several comments. He was a person. He had friends. He had people who cared about him. What he did was wrong, but he is dead. All you people are bashing the kids who leave comments on his page supporting him. Well they cared about him. and i don’t think it is right for them to get criticized for supporting there friend. I don’t see why i have to retype the same thing aver and over. Read it all before you call someone out Hilary. There are quit a few comments you must of skipped.

• David
  Jul 30, 2007 at 5:18 pm

  So for all of you who are misunderstanding me: Tyler was a human being, he was loved by some people, people did care for him. What he did was wrong and cowardly, but the ones who did actually knew him, and actually cared for him should NOT be judged or criticized. Because every single one of you can say if a family member did something this horrible you would disown them. But in reality you be would just as upset over your loss.

• David
  Jul 30, 2007 at 5:20 pm

  Hilary, are you illiterate? Because it sure seems that way.

• Rachel
  Jul 30, 2007 at 8:05 pm

  To Just One of the Crowd you said two police officers were killed, just so you know one of them died and the other was injured not killed

• Richard Mongler
  Nov 8, 2007 at 7:05 pm

  He shot the poor cops for just doing their job, but he didn’t shoot the dumb bitch that thinks it’s okay for the police to throw helpless drug users in jail. The sad thing is that she’s still out there just waiting to call the police on some innocent pothead.

  Her son did us all a favor by not allowing her to spread her worthless DNA though. My commendations. Too bad he missed HER.

• savannah
  Nov 9, 2007 at 4:45 pm

  rachel d… get a life.
  i was tyler’s niehbor before i moved
  and he was a great kid i just think people are misunderstanding everything.
  =]

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