San Antonio cop fired for taking pictures at teen consuming burger in McDonald’s parking space
The officer arrived at McDonald’s parking space after receiving an unrelated disturbance name. The sufferer, Erik Cantu, 17, is hospitalized with a number of gunshot wounds.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Oct 8, 2022 23:49 IST
The accused cop fired a number of photographs into the car the boy was sitting in. (Representational picture: Reuters)
By India Today Web Desk: A police officer in San Antonio in south-central Texas was fired on Saturday after he shot at and injured a 17-year-old boy who was sitting on the car parking zone of McDonald’s and consuming a burger. According to stories, the cop fired on the boy a number of occasions and the sufferer is at the moment hospitalised.
As per police, the officer, recognized as James Brennand, visited the fast-food eatery positioned at Blanco Road round 10:45 p.m. Sunday after receiving a disturbance name.
The officer was distracted by the parked automobile the teenager was sitting in. He additionally claimed that the identical automobile evaded him the day earlier than throughout an tried visitors cease. Narrating the incident, a police official stated that Brennand walked as much as the automobile, opened the motive force’s door and requested the boy to get out of the car.
Police body-camera footage launched by the Police Department exhibits Erik Cantu (the sufferer) sitting within the driver’s seat of the automobile and consuming a burger. A 17-year-old woman was additionally sitting within the passenger’s seat.
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The boy then put the automobile in reverse and it was then the accused cop fired a number of photographs into the car. More photographs had been fired because the automobile then fled the car parking zone.
Brennand was in Police pressure for the final seven months and was nonetheless serving his probation interval. “The former Officers actions are indefensible and do not align with our training, tactics and procedures. As such, I terminated him. I will withhold further comment as this incident is still under investigation,” NBC information quoted Chief William McManus as saying.
