Absolutely. They incurred the bill by using the service, they should pay the bill. Maybe they should have just left his body on the side of the road then, how would they feel about that?
I hope you were being sarcastic.
As stated previously, I don't know that much about this case. So, I've begun to do some research to see what I could learn about it.
First up, the video of the shooting. I came across this
30 min video (also see below) and was stunned at what I saw within the first 17 seconds! You can see Tamir Rice sitting alone on one of the three picnic tables in the gazebo minding his own business. (That's him on the far left.) He gets up off the bench and calmly walks around to the far side of the gazebo. All of this takes place from the 0:00 mark until 0:15 seconds into the video. At this point, a Cleveland City police car pulls up to the back of the gazebo where Tamir is standing inside. At 0:17 seconds...
...O:07 SECONDS...
...a Cleveland police office gets out of the passenger side of the car and shots him once. His partner then exits the police car from the driver's side.
No warning. No demands that this child comply with police instructions of any sort. No effort made by the on-scene officers to gauge whether or not this child did, in fact, poss a threat to the public. One shot within 2 seconds of engaging this kid in any meaningful way and he's shot on sight.
There were no threatening gestures made by Tamir Rice. That much is evident in the video. Moreover, Tamir was the only person in that area of the park on this cold, wintry day. (I stress this because around the 1:41 mark a second person runs towards the gazebo, but the police quickly subdue him and places him in cuffs. You see him sitting there in the snow wearing a white jacket and pants, black boots and a black skull cap.)
As I said earlier, I don't know the history behind this area. But even if it was known to be a hangout for delinquent behavior or a haven to gang violence, none of that was happening at the time this boy was shot!
Getting back to ttwtt's earlier question about the kid being charged with a crime, unless they wanted to charge him for vagrancy, I really don't see how the parent's or anyone else in a similar situation could be handed the medical bill in this situation.
