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Source: Reuters
DURHAM, North Carolina Fri Jan 10, 2014 9:09pm EST
(Reuters) - A teenage suspect who died in North Carolina while he was handcuffed in the back of a police car shot himself in the head with a gun he hid from an officer, according to a police report released on Friday.
Jesus Huerta died on November 19 after he was arrested on an outstanding warrant for trespassing. His family had called authorities and reported that he ran away from home and requested police search for him.
Huerta's case triggered several protests in recent months over police conduct in Durham. The release of the report followed repeated calls from Huerta's family for more details about the circumstances of his death.
The preliminary results of the Durham Police Department's internal investigation indicate that an officer who arrested and searched Huerta failed to find a gun he had hidden on him.
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1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)the kid had powder on his glove; whereas, the officer did not have powder on his hands!
Anyone see a scenario that is more likely to have occurred than a kid, sitting in the backseat of a police car, with his hands handcuffed behind his back, shooting himself in the head?
firsttimer
(324 posts)I'm not saying it's impossible for the cop to miss it in a search of the teen but it's highly unlikely.
Unless the cop didn't frisk him before putting cuffs on him and placing him in the car.
firsttimer
(324 posts)Bad Thoughts
(2,514 posts)... rather than tried for murder? Either he shot the kid or failed in the performance of his duty. It seems that there are only two conclusion possible for this case, but I'll be the officer will feel no repercussions.
LiberalArkie
(15,686 posts)or leg or ass. But in their head?
Sit down in a chair, put your hands behind your back and see it you can get in the position that would allow it.