A Texas police officer who shot and wounded a teenager who had been sitting in his car eating a hamburger has been fired, police said.
San Antonio Officer James Brennand was fired after shooting Erik Cantu, 17, on Oct. 2 in a McDonald's parking lot, police training commander Alyssa Campos said in aBrennand had responded to an unrelated disturbance at the McDonald's when he saw the Cantu inside the car, which had evaded him a day earlier, Campos said.
"While Sunday's shooting of an unarmed teenager by a then-San Antonio Police officer remains under investigation, the facts and evidence we have received so far led us to reject the charges against Erik Cantu for further investigation," Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales said. "The officer abruptly opened the driver's door and ordered the driver out of the car" before the arrival of backup officers that Brennand had requested, Campos said.
"There is nothing I can say in defense of that officer's actions that night," Police Chief William McManus told WOAI-TV."I think what happened, initially, there was some contact made, but that did not justify the shooting."
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