On the evening of February 14, 2014, 17-year-old Christopher Roupe was shot and killed in his family’s mobile home in Euharlee, Georgia. Two Euharlee police officers had gone to serve a probation violation warrant for Roupe’s father. When someone knocked, Christopher asked who was there and opened the door; Corporal Beth Gatny then fired one shot that struck him in the chest. He was taken to a hospital in Cartersville and pronounced dead.

Accounts diverge sharply about what Christopher was holding when the door opened. Corporal Gatny told the Georgia Bureau of Investigation that he was pointing a pistol at her. The Roupe family’s attorney and eyewitnesses said the object was a white Nintendo Wii controller; a neighbor who ran to the scene after the gunshot also said he saw a Wii remote in Christopher’s hand. The neighbor described the officer as visibly distraught and sobbing immediately after the shooting.

The GBI investigated and Gatny was placed on administrative leave. An initial grand jury found the use of deadly force was not authorized and recommended further action, but a subsequent Bartow County grand jury declined to indict on involuntary manslaughter and reckless conduct charges, citing insufficient evidence. The family announced plans to file a civil lawsuit. Does anyone have information about Christopher’s last moments or the witnesses who were at the home?