By: News 9
OKLAHOMA CITY -
Murder charges have been dropped against a teenager accused of involvement in a robbery that led to the police shooting death of 15-year-old Stavian Rodriguez in November.
However, 17-year-old Wyatt Cheatham will plead guilty to robbery with a firearm, as an adult, with a sentence of eight years in prison and seven years of probation, according to the Oklahoma County District Attorney s office. Cheatham was initially charged with first-degree murder, as a juvenile, and robbery with a firearm.
Rodriguez died Nov. 23 after officers were called to a robbery in progress at the Okie Gas & Express store, located in the 7900 block of South Western Avenue in Oklahoma City. According to police, Rodriguez did not follow the commands of the police officers on scene. Multiple officers discharged their weapons, which resulted in (Rodriguez s) death.
Oklahoman
In moments between confusion over why her 15-year-old boy was armed with a gun inside a south Oklahoma City store and anger toward the police officers who shot him to death, Cameo Holland, otherwise stoic as she speaks, breaks down in tears when she remembers the color of her dead son’s eyes.
“He had hazel eyes,” she said. “Of all my kids, he was the only one that looked like me. Bluish-green and in the very center they had some brown. And a few yellow spots.”
The last time Holland saw Stavian Rodriguez, one of her four children, a funeral home presented him the best way it could, but the grieving mother couldn’t help but notice little marks around one of his eyes, and the strange touch of his young body, which was packed in parts to fill bullet wounds.
An Oklahoma City police officer was told to turn off his body camera after 15-year-old Stavian Rodriguez was fatally shot. Five are charged in his death.
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.