Official screw-up
It also seems to me that if there is no violation and the official screws-up and blows the whistle during a free throw that has started (ie ball has been placed at the disposal of the thrower), but has not yet been released this ends the free throw. In this case, if we go strictly by the rules, the kid loses the opportunity to shoot the free throw and the ball is put in play with the AP arrow. Now I also believe that this would cause a near riot in the gym and that any good official would use common sense here and give a replacement free throw. So my point is use common sense when encountered with a wierd situation on the court. The two shots to make one situation that you advocated definitely qualifies as wierd and should make the officials think hard before doing something like that.
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