A family in Georgia said cops shot at a car full of black children, one as young as 9, according to a report.
The incident unfolded in Waycross, Ga., When five teens, ages 9 to 16, were at the home of a Walmart at 8 a.m. on Saturday and a police car began following them, Dominique Goodman Sr. told a local television station.
Three of the youngest children in the car told News4Jax that a police car turned on its lights to pull them over. The 12-year-old said the older teens were scared, and told the three boys to go out, run home and pick up their father.
That’s when police started firing, according to the 9-year-old who said a bullet flew through his head.
Goodman said he went outside after hearing guns and saw the children running towards him.
“We walk in the back, we open the door, we see my 9-year-old, my 12-year-old and a 14-year-old running from the police behind them with guns behind them,” Goodman told the TV station. “We’re going down the street and we see our 15-year-old and our 16-year-old on the ground.”
The children were scheduled to go to a football tournament in Jacksonville, Fla., Saturday, which is about 90 minutes south of Waycross, he said. Two of the children were allowed to play in the tournament, he added.
‘They shot at a car full of armed minors. A car full of unarmed children. Like, who in the world can not see that this is a 9-year-old? Who can not see that this is a child? They look like children, ”said Goodman. ‘They are babies. What was the purpose of the shooting? ”
Goodman said he was traumatized by the shooting at the hands of police officers.
‘Why do you shoot a 9-year-old, a 12-year-old, a 14-year-old when you’re not trying to kill her? You’re a trained shooter. You’re trying to kill my kids, “Goodman told the TV reporter in a video of the interview filmed by UnEdited Real Talk Right Now.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said it was investigating the incident at the request of local police.
The GBI said preliminary information indicated that a Waycross police officer noticed a traffic violation and then saw three children, ages 9, 12 and 14, running out of the car.
“A second officer responded to help, while the first officer followed the three minors in his car. When the second officer started approaching the car from the front, the car drove towards him. The officer fired several times at the car, “the GBI said in a news release.
The two teenagers in the car, ages 15 and 16, came out while it was still in the driveway, and there was an “altercation” between the younger teen and a police officer, the GBI said.
The toe was eventually secured in handcuffs. He was treated by EMS for minor injuries of the victim, ‘GBI said.
A woman posted on Facebook that her brother was “shot” by police.
“My brother was man treated luts the car possibly tased and pistol hit but no injuries?” Savannah Boyd wrote.
No officers were injured during the incident.
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