valencia. this is starting to get a lot of national attention. police saying this is a justified shooting. the officer had feared for hess life. the family saying, their son didn t have to die. july 26th, 2015, 19-year-old zachary hammond is on a date with 23-year-old torri morton, the target of a drug sting. when they pull into a hardee s parking lot, police are waiting. according to the police report, hammond, who was driving, attempted to strike an officer with his vehicle during the attempted arrest. he was shot twice and dies at the scene. it is a horrible situation. you get put in a predicament that when you sign up to be a police officer there is that potential that you might have to use deadly force. the seneca police chief says his officer is a victim too. a victim of attempted murder. i have a hard time believing it when my son is no longer
you get put in a predicament sometimes. you know when you sign up to be a police officer, during that potential, you might have to use deadly force. an unarmed teen gunned down by a police officer. this is a shooting that happened nearly two weeks ago. a lot of people are saying why are we just now talking about it? the victim s parents say because he is white. so many unanswered questions. let s start with why the police say this officer had to pull the trigger. this story garnering a lot of national attention even though it happened more than two weeks ago. police say the officer quite simply feared for his life. they are calling this shooting justified. the family of the 19-year-old say he didn t have to die. reporter: july 26th, 2015, 19-year-old zachary hammond is on a date with 23-year-old torre morton who is the target of a drug sting. when they pull into a hardy s
national outrage and led to protests across this country. we are learning more about another fatal shooting of an unarmed teenager. this one in south carolina. nick valencia reports. reporter: poppy, the senate police department kaulsz it a justified shooting, saying their officer feared for his life. but the parents of 19-year-old zachary hammond say their son did not have to die. july 26th, 2015, 19-year-old zachary hammond is on a date with 23-year-old tori morton, who is the target of a drug sting. when they pull into a hardee s parking lot, police are waiting. according to police report, hammond, who was driving, attempt today strike an officer with his vehicle during the attempted arrest. he shot twice. he dies at the scene. it s a hooshl situation. i mean, you get put in a predicament. you know sometimes when you sign up to be a police officer you know in your career you might
color or not, really is hypocritical. nick valencia is following this story for us this morning. a lot of unanswered questions. what happened? is tsounds like a familiar story but in this case, the victim was white. the family convinced if he was black, it would be getting more attention. it happened late july a weeks ago. zachary is on a date with tory martin who was a target after drug sting. when the police department shown up, their guns were drawn and they say that prompted the 19 you re yooting there to accelerate his car towards them and prompted the police officer to open fire. an autopsy was conducted this week that showed the 19-year-old was shot twice. the family went forward and they did their own independent autopsy and that, they say, show the car was not moving at the time and that hammond was shot twice in the back. shortly after this incident happened, the police chief gave an interview to local media saying his police officer was the real victim in this case.
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