Post by abbey1227 on Jun 9, 2022 12:59:08 GMT
Mother says San Antonio police killed her 13-year-old son and it took them five days to tell her
“I really don’t understand what the police are hiding,” she said. “My son was 13 years old. That’s the key. He was a little boy, and he did not deserve to get shot and killed by a police officer.”
June 8, 2022, 10:33 AM CDT By Safia Samee Ali
Lynda Espinoza's 13-year-old son was fatally shot by a San Antonio police officer — and she says it took the department five days to call her to let her know her son was dead.
Espinoza said she first found out that an officer killed her son, Andre Hernandez Jr., because she pieced together news articles about a police shooting of a teenager in her neighborhood around the time her son died.
“I really don’t understand what the police are hiding,” she said. “My son was 13 years old. That’s the key. He was a little boy, and he did not deserve to get shot and killed by a police officer.”
Police finally called Espinoza on Tuesday evening after NBC News contacted them and she appeared on local news.
They told her they would allow her to view partial police bodycam video of the encounter Monday morning, she said.
"I don't know what I'm supposed to do when I see it, but I want to see why they shot my son.”
Just two weeks earlier, Espinoza had laid to rest her 16-year-old daughter, Naveah Martinez, who was found shot to death May 10 in a stolen car near the family’s home.
The most recent tragedy for Espinoza unfolded around 1:20 a.m. Friday, when Andre was killed. Police allege that a youth intentionally slammed a stolen car into a police vehicle, causing an officer to shoot into the car to stop him from striking again.
San Antonio Police Capt. Jesse Salame said Friday that officers were responding to gunfire in the area when they spotted a red car that matched the description of a vehicle seen by the shooting. When police approached the car, driven by Andre and carrying two other teens, the boy threw it into reverse and struck another patrol car behind him, he said.
Fearing officers would be struck again, an officer from the first patrol car fired once into the fleeing vehicle, killing the boy, police said.
After he was shot, the youth stepped out of the car to surrender, police said. He was treated by paramedics and taken to a nearby hospital, where he died, they said.
“I really don’t understand what the police are hiding,” she said. “My son was 13 years old. That’s the key. He was a little boy, and he did not deserve to get shot and killed by a police officer.”
June 8, 2022, 10:33 AM CDT By Safia Samee Ali
Lynda Espinoza's 13-year-old son was fatally shot by a San Antonio police officer — and she says it took the department five days to call her to let her know her son was dead.
Espinoza said she first found out that an officer killed her son, Andre Hernandez Jr., because she pieced together news articles about a police shooting of a teenager in her neighborhood around the time her son died.
“I really don’t understand what the police are hiding,” she said. “My son was 13 years old. That’s the key. He was a little boy, and he did not deserve to get shot and killed by a police officer.”
Police finally called Espinoza on Tuesday evening after NBC News contacted them and she appeared on local news.
They told her they would allow her to view partial police bodycam video of the encounter Monday morning, she said.
"I don't know what I'm supposed to do when I see it, but I want to see why they shot my son.”
Just two weeks earlier, Espinoza had laid to rest her 16-year-old daughter, Naveah Martinez, who was found shot to death May 10 in a stolen car near the family’s home.
The most recent tragedy for Espinoza unfolded around 1:20 a.m. Friday, when Andre was killed. Police allege that a youth intentionally slammed a stolen car into a police vehicle, causing an officer to shoot into the car to stop him from striking again.
San Antonio Police Capt. Jesse Salame said Friday that officers were responding to gunfire in the area when they spotted a red car that matched the description of a vehicle seen by the shooting. When police approached the car, driven by Andre and carrying two other teens, the boy threw it into reverse and struck another patrol car behind him, he said.
Fearing officers would be struck again, an officer from the first patrol car fired once into the fleeing vehicle, killing the boy, police said.
After he was shot, the youth stepped out of the car to surrender, police said. He was treated by paramedics and taken to a nearby hospital, where he died, they said.
Police said that the officer involved in the shooting has been placed on administrative duty until further notice and that no officers or passengers in the car were injured.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mother-says-san-antonio-police-killed-13-year-old-son-took-five-days-t-rcna32424?fbclid=IwAR3N2SXsFwPpoohneM5CVOWwO8xe3Wf-q2g_vxSt7a7EaGARy3b4MY6vmLQ
And just for some perspective........this link details a 10 year old and a 2 year old firing a gun and killing people in separate stories. So this notion that 'children' are harmless when they've got a weapon is patently absurd.
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