Posted on 05/01/2017 9:27:06 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
A cop in Texas shot at a car full of teenagers, killing a 15-year-old passenger while investigating a raucous house party near Dallas, police said on Sunday.
An officer with Balch Springs Police Department opened fire on a car backing down a street toward additional cops in the Dallas suburb around 11 p.m. Saturday.
At least one bullet shattered the car window and fatally struck the front seat passenger. He was rushed to a nearby hospital but did not survive.
Lee Merritt, a lawyer representing the victims family, identified the slain teen as Jordan Edwards, a straight-A freshman at Mesquite High School.
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The moments leading up to the deadly shooting are unclear.
A 911 caller complained of noise at the home and police later said there was reports of underaged drinking.
While investigating the party, cops said they also heard gunfire before a vehicle began driving toward them in an aggressive manner."
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Yeah, OK.
This is real trouble for the police here. Surely they could have tried shooting out the tires first. The cop didn’t try to shoot the kid; he just shot at the car and it hit this kid.
AWho knows, just watched Boys in the Hood yesterday.
He was driving away from the cops, according to the Balch Springs police chief.
Police Account Changes in Killing of Texas 15-Year-Old
As family and friends mourned the death of a 15-year-old boy shot in the head by a police officer in a Dallas suburb over the weekend, the police chief said Monday that new evidence showed the killing did not unfold the way the authorities had originally claimed.
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