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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 erik cantu appeared surprised when the officer opens his car door. you can t hear brennand identify himself as an officer in the seconds before the gunfire erupts. get out of the car. shots fired. shots fired. shots fired. reporter: a spokeman for cantu s family says the teenager is struggling and in critical condition. he s been sedated while kept on life support. cantu s family says multiple bullets struck major organs. officer james brennand graduated from the san antonio police academy earlier this year. he was a new coppa controlling the streets of san antonio. he had only been on the job seven months. cnn has made multiple attempts ....
Shut the car door, hitting the officer as he reversed. shots fired. shots fired. shots fired. reporter: brennand starts shooting at the car multiple times as it drives off. police found cantu a block away with multiple gunshot wounds, placing him in the car but not before placing him in handcuffs, arresting him for evasion and aggravated assault. the officer fired just days later. the san antonio police department saying brennand was in violation of department training, tactics and procedures. cantu s friend in the passenger seat was uninjured. but cantu was taken to the hospital where he remains in critical condition. it s very hard to think about the fear he had in him when it happened, and, you know, the state and condition he s in right now, it just it breaks all of our hearts. he had no weapon. he had a burger in his hand, you know. reporter: linsey, as for the police union response they told abc news they won t be representing that former officer because he had not fini ....
Probationary period. as for cantu, all charges against him have been dropped. linsey. unclear if that officer will now face charges. zohreen, thank you. tonight the battle for control over congress is heating up with a little more than four weeks to go before the critical midterm elections. one race that could help decide it all, the closely run senate contest in georgia where prominent republicans continue to defend former football star herschel walker. more now from abc s white house correspondent maryalice parks. reporter: tonight, a month from election day, all eyes on sprint for control.oth parties - the republican charged with winning a gop senate majority, senator rick scott, headed to georgia this week alongside senator tom cotton. the two hoping to boost their candidate, hershel walker, who has been embroiled in controversary after allegations in the daily beast and new york times that he paid for a woman to have an abortion and urged her to have a second. walker den ....