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Community reacts to police shooting of Roderick Merchant Jr.
Source: MGN
and last updated 2021-05-26 17:51:34-04
COLLEGE STATION, TX â Roderick Merchant Jr., a College Station native, was killed by police at the Eastmark apartments on Sunday afternoon.
For College Station, this is the second officer-involved shooting resulting in death since the start of 2021. Members of the community, including those who knew Merchant, are asking if Sunday had to end the way it did?
Residents of the Eastmark apartments said the shooting took place outside of the building adjacent to the complex s basketball court.
According to College Station Police Chief Billy Couch, who spoke at a press conference on Sunday, 21-year-old Merchant was seen carrying a rifle.