Officer armed with a rifle fatally shot a 15-year-old boy

by | May 2, 2017

Officer armed with a rifle fatally shot a 15-year-old boy

by | May 2, 2017

The police chief in Balch Springs admitted Monday that a car full of teens was driving away from police when an officer armed with a rifle fatally shot a 15-year-old boy in the head.

After reviewing body-cam footage, Police Chief Jonathan Haber reversed his initial account about Saturday’s deadly confrontation, saying the teen behind the wheel Saturday night at first backed down the street but was fleeing the scene when the officer opened fire.

“It did not meet our core values,” Haber said of his officer’s actions.
Haber had initially said the car was driving backward when Jordan Edwards was shot. The officers had been inside a house where they found a large party. The ran outside after hearing gunshots around 11 p.m. Saturday in the 12300 block of Baron Drive.

Jordan, a freshman at Mesquite High School, was leaving the party over the weekend when the officer shot him through the passenger’s side window.

The medical examiner’s office said Jordan was killed with a rifle and also ruled his death a homicide, though that doesn’t necessarily mean charges will be filed.

The Dallas County Sheriff’s Department and the district attorney’s public-integrity unit are investigating the shooting.

Attorney Lee Merritt, who represents Jordan’s family, said Jordan and four other teens heard gunshots and decided to get in a car and leave the party. He said the teens heard someone cursing and then three shots  were fired into the car.

The officer, who has not been named, has been placed on administrative leave. No officers were injured.

Read the rest at the Dallas Morning News.

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