That was when the officer spotted the butt of the weapon protruding from the teen's clothing.
"The cop stepped back and yelled 'Gun,' and fired," Williams said. She and Jones say they heard five shots.
Both said they realize Herrera was carrying a weapon. But "they could've took the gun off that boy," she said. "It shouldn't have happened like that."
It sounds like she will make a good witness for the officers.
Until the neighbors get to her to ammend her story.
When will the media start showing pictures of him as a choir boy or kindergarten angel?