The incident dates to November 23, 2020, when officers were called to a report of an armed robbery at a gas station, according to the affidavit. The clerk fled the store during the robbery and locked the suspect inside by himself.
Numerous officers arrived, set up a perimeter around the building and issued commands over a loudspeaker for the suspect, Stavian Rodriguez, to exit the store, the document states. Video surveillance shows he then climbed out of the drive-through window, the affidavit states.
Body camera footage shows multiple Oklahoma City Police officers simultaneously giving him various commands. The document states that Rodriguez lifted his shirt to show his waistline, pulled a firearm from his pants with his left hand -- holding it by his thumb and forefinger -- and dropped the firearm on the ground.
He then put his left hand in his rear left pocket and his right hand at his front right pocket or waistline, the document states.
At that point, the officer who was not charged fired a 40 mm "less lethal" round that struck Rodriguez, the affidavit says. Officers Sears, Barton, Adams, Skuta and Pemberton all then "unnecessarily" fired lethal rounds at him, striking him 13 times, the document says.
Guess the other officers need to understand when not to fire if someone is going to use less lethal first. If procedure was broken here, the cops should be released but i wouldn’t call it criminal by any means.
That is a good point, not sure what the communication protocol was. The less-lethal shot was apparently fired first. If that was not coordinated, it's a bad show all around (the sound of gunfire can provoke more gunfire). That doesn't mean the kid should not have been shot, but your point stands in terms of procedure.
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Guess the other officers need to understand when not to fire if someone is going to use less lethal first. If procedure was broken here, the cops should be released but i wouldn’t call it criminal by any means.
That is a good point, not sure what the communication protocol was. The less-lethal shot was apparently fired first. If that was not coordinated, it's a bad show all around (the sound of gunfire can provoke more gunfire). That doesn't mean the kid should not have been shot, but your point stands in terms of procedure.