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Police shootings of children spark renewed calls for training on adolescents in crisis
The long-standing question of how fatal police shootings of children could be avoided and lives spared has engulfed the nation in recent weeks.
By Kimberly Kindy, Julie Tate, Jennifer Jenkins and Ted MellnikWashington Post
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Children draw on paper at a protest held outside Columbus, Ohio, City Hall on April 25, 2021. People were rallying against the fatal police shooting of 16-year-old Ma Khia Bryant. Photo for The Washington Post by Maddie McGarvey
Stavian Rodriguez squeezed his 15-year-old body through the drive-through window of the Okie Gas Express convenience store, poking his hands out first so police could see that they were empty. He jumped to the ground, holding his hands in the air, then lifted his shirt to reveal a gun tucked into his front waistband. Using the tips of his thumb and index finger, Rodriguez gently pinched the end of the barrel far from the trigger and dropped
A sixth officer,
‘less-lethal’ weapon and will not be charged, cops said.
‘Show us your hands, sir. Nobody has to get hurt,‘
Surveillance video obtained by
KOCO appears to show Rodriguez attempting to cooperate with police when he was shot.
‘Show us your hands, sir. Nobody has to get hurt,‘ cops tell Rodriguez over a speaker.
Rodriguez is seen climbing out of the drive-thru window with his hands raised, as cops scream:
‘Hands!’
The boy then slowly moves his hand to his waistband and lifts his shirt to show cops that he is removing the weapon tucked into his jeans.
By MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News
(OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok.) Five Oklahoma police officers were charged with manslaughter Wednesday in the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old armed robbery suspect last year.
In November, Stavian Rodriguez was killed after officers responded to a report of an armed robbery at an Oklahoma City gas station, authorities said.
The owner of the gas station managed to leave and lock Rodriguez inside as officers surrounded the business, police said. Rodriguez was shot after he climbed out the drive-thru window, police said.
Security camera footage released by the Oklahoma County District Attorney s Office Wednesday shows Rodriguez emerge from the convenience store building as officers yell for him to show his hands, lay on the ground and drop his firearm. Rodriguez can be seen dropping a gun on the ground and reaching toward his back pocket before the officers open fire.