Officer fatally shoots 15-year-old boy in car in Dallas suburb. Accounts are at odds.
A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot by police Saturday night on a residential street in the Dallas suburb of Balch Springs.
By Sunday, two versions of what prompted the shooting had reached the public.
Balch Springs police chief Jonathan Haber told reporters at a news conference Sunday afternoon that officers were dispatched to the 12300 block of Baron Drive in Balch Springs after receiving a 911 call at 11 p.m. reporting several drunken teens walking around the neighborhood.
Once officers arrived, they heard gunshots, Haber said. In what police described as an “unknown altercation,” a vehicle then began “backing down the street toward the officers in an aggressive manner.” One officer shot at the vehicle, Haber said, striking the front seat passenger.
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(Family photo courtesy of S. Lee Merritt)
(Family photo courtesy of S. Lee Merritt)