A San Antonio police officer was fired on Wednesday after he shot a 17-year-old driver who was consuming a McDonald’s burger in his automotive.
James Brennand was a probationary officer who had been with the division for simply seven months. Based on mySA, he initially reported that he shot on the teen’s automotive after it hit him. Nevertheless, physique digicam footage of the incident didn’t again up his story.
The video confirmed Brennand on an unrelated name when he noticed a maroon automobile in a McDonald’s parking zone and concluded it had not too long ago fled from him.
Brennand referred to as for help, approached the automotive and opened the motive force’s facet door. Erik Cantu and an unnamed 17-year-old feminine passenger had been inside, per a police report described by KSAT-TV.
“Get out of the automotive!” Brennand instructed Cantu, who was munching on a burger.
“Why?” Cantu requested as his automobile started to maneuver backward. Brennand responded by firing his gun a number of occasions.
It’s unclear from the footage whether or not the teenager was backing up on account of taking his foot off the brake or if he put the automotive into reverse, the San Antonio Present famous.
Cantu suffered a number of gunshot wounds, KSAT-TV reported. He was dropped at a close-by hospital the place he’s reportedly recovering, in keeping with KENS-TV.
The unnamed passenger reportedly was not injured.
Cantu was charged with evading detention and assault on a police officer, mySA famous.
The taking pictures investigation may take as much as one yr to finish because the Bexar County District Lawyer’s Workplace critiques proof from the taking pictures and costs in opposition to Cantu.
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