Texas police officer kills 15-year-old boy in car fleeing chaotic house party

New York Daily News ^ | 05/01/2017 | Nicole Hensley

[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 victim’s 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."

[TankerKC]

...a car backing down a street — toward additional cops...

Yeah, OK.

[Hattie]

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.

[Harpotoo]

AWho knows, just watched Boys in the Hood yesterday.

[Ken H]

Why was the driver backing towards the cops instead of heading the other way?

He was driving away from the cops, according to the Balch Springs police chief.

[TankerKC]

Called it:

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.