He fired into a car full of teenagers as they left a party on Saturday night, Chief Haber said after reviewing the body-cam video.<\/p>\n
The car was actually driving forward – away from police – and not reversing toward them when the shots were fired, he explained.<\/p>\n
“I was unintentionally incorrect yesterday when I said that the victim’s vehicle was backing down the road,” Mr Haber said on Monday.<\/p>\n
“In fact, according to the video that I viewed, the vehicle was moving forward as the officers approached.”<\/p>\n
The officer’s behaviour “did not meet our core values”, the police chief said, adding that he has been placed on administrative leave.<\/p>\n
Jordan, who was in the front passenger seat, died after being shot in the back of the head.<\/p>\n
His 16-year-old brother and three friends were detained at the scene and taken to the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department, where they were interviewed as witnesses.<\/p>\n
Jordan’s cause of death has been ruled a homicide, however, that does not necessarily mean charges will be filed against the officer.<\/p>\n
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Jordan’s mother, Charmaine, silently wept as her lawyers called for the officer’s arrest<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n The Dallas County Sheriff’s Department and the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office are conducting a criminal investigation.<\/p>\n The incident occurred on Saturday night when police responded to reports of underage drinking at a house party where around 100 kids had gathered, neighbours said.<\/p>\n Officers were inside the home trying to find the owner when they heard outside what they believed to be gunshots, causing panic at the home as people fled.<\/p>\n After going outside, the police officer fired several shots which killed Jordan, a first-year American football player at Mesquite High School.<\/p>\n His coach, Jeff Fleener, told the Dallas Morning News<\/a> that he was “crushed and heartbroken” to learn that Jordan had been killed.<\/p>\n “You create a checklist of everything you would want in a player, a son, a teammate, a friend, and Jordan had all that. He was that kid,” he said.<\/p>\n A vigil was held at the school on Monday evening, and the school district said they are “mourning this terrible loss”.<\/p>\n Lee Merritt, lawyer for Jordan’s family, demanded the officer’s arrest on Monday.<\/p>\n “We are declaring war on bad policing,” he said as Jordan’s parents sat silently beside him, wiping their eyes with tissues and gazing downwards.<\/p>\n “America throughout the country must figure out a way to police its citizens without killing them,” he continued.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source\u00a0 bbc<\/a><\/p>\n Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"