San Antonio police have revealed Erik Cantu, the 17-year-old shot by rookie cop James Brennand, was not driving a stolen car, but the license plate was registered to a different vehicle.
you can t hear brennan identify himself as an officer. get out of the car. shots fired. shots fired. shots fired. reporter: a spokesman for cantu s family says the teenager is struggling and in critical condition. he s been sedated while kept on life support. his family says multiple bullets struck major organs. james brennan graduated from the san antonio police academy earlier this year. he was a new cop patrolling. he had only been on the job seven months. cnn has made multiple attempts to reach lawyers representing officer brennan but has not heard back. nothing that happened that night were in accordance with our training or our policies. reporter: initially 17-year-old eric cantu was charged with two criminal accounts, one for evading
he noticed a car that he believed evaded him while on patrol the night before. get out of the car. reporter: about five seconds later officer brennan opens fire. you can hear ten shots fired in all. inside the car is 17-year-old eric cantu and a female passenger. authorities say the young woman was not injured but cantu s car came to a stop a block away. james brennan was fired three days after the shooting. san antonio s police chief said the officer s actions violated the tactics, trainings and procedures. there s nothing i can say that could defend what he did. officers are prohibited from shooting at moving vehicles unless it s in defense of life. reporter: in the body cam footage 17-year-old eric cantu appeared surprised when the officer opened the car door.
A 17-year-old boy who was shot several times by a rookie cop as he sat in his car eating a cheeseburger is currently on life support after several of his organs were punctured in the shooting.