Wracked with regret, mother of slain teen s girlfriend asks why police fatally shot him
The Knoxville News-Sentinel 2 hrs ago Angela Dennis, Knoxville News Sentinel
Regina Perkins talks about her daughter s relationship with Anthony Thompson Jr.
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Anthony J. Thompson Jr. shouldn t have died, shot to death by police Monday in a bathroom at his high school, says Regina Perkins, the mother of Thompson s girlfriend.
Perkins told Knox News she is heartbroken and sick about Thompson s death, grieving for him and his family, and questioning how Knoxville police handled their approach to the 17-year-old junior at Austin-East Magnet High School on the day he was killed.