Corey Stingley's father speaks about his son's death
WEST ALLIS (WITI) -- The father of 16-year-old Corey Stingley says he wants to set the record straight about his son.
Corey Stingley died after an incident at a West Allis convenience store back in December. He tried to shoplift beer. But customers then restrained Stingley. His dad says, they killed his son.
On Friday, January 11th, Craig Stingley read a statement to the media and did not take any questions, saying "The word of God tells me to know the truth, and the truth will set me free."
Craig Stingley admitted that his son was trying to shoplift on the night of December 14th. But he says Corey had returned those items to the store manager, and was then assaulted by three adult male customers. Stingley described how the men held his son, "In a choke hold headlock by one defendant, both legs held by a second defendant, and the left arm stood upon by a third defendant for approximately 20 minutes."
Stingley says those customers and the store manager violated his son's civil rights by not allowing him to leave the story after he returned the merchandise.
Stingley says he watched the surveillance video of the incident. He says it is clear to him that his son is dead because of what those men did to him.
"Corey Stingley was not just simply restrained, but the life was literally choked from his body because of the actions of all three adult men," he said.
Corey Stingley suffered severe brain damage from that December incident. He was taken off life support on December 29th.
Someone who says they were working inside the store at the time told FOX6 News that Corey tried jumping over the counter to get his debit card -- and the customers thought Corey was trying to jump the clerk.
The district attorney office says they have all the evidence in this case. But a decision on charges will not be made for a few weeks.
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