Lynda Espinoza lost her 13-year old son to a San Antonio officer. She claims it took five days for the department to notify her that her son had died.
Espinoza claimed that she discovered the death of her son, Andre Hernandez Jr. when she gathered news articles about a shooting by police in her area.
She said, “I don’t really understand what the police are hiding.” “My son was thirteen years old. This is the key. He was just a small boy and did not deserve to be shot and killed by police officers.
After NBC News reached out to them, Espinoza was finally called by police Tuesday evening. She appeared on local news.
She said that they had told her she could view some of the footage from Monday’s encounter on her police bodycam.
“I don’t know what to do when it happens, but I want the reason they shot my son.”
Two weeks prior, Espinoza had laid Naveah Martinez to rest. She was shot to death in her car accident near her family’s home.
Andre was shot to death on Friday morning. This is the latest tragedy that Espinoza has suffered. According to police, Espinoza was killed when a young man intentionally crashed a stolen vehicle into a police car. An officer had to fire on the car to stop him striking again.
San Antonio Police Capt. Jesse Salame, San Antonio Police Capt. The car was driven by Andre with two teens in it, and police approached it. He said that the boy reversed the vehicle and hit another patrol car behind him.
Police said that officers were afraid of being struck again and that an officer from the first patrol vehicle fired once at the fleeing vehicle. The boy was killed.
According to police, the youth ran out of his car and surrendered after he was shot. They said that he was taken by paramedics to be treated and then transferred to a nearby hospital where he later died.
According to police, the officer who was involved in the shooting was placed on administrative leave until further notice. No officers or passengers were hurt in the incident.
The victim has not been identified by San Antonio police. They stated that, “because of him age, we are prohibited under law from releasing his name and any video/reports related to this suspect/incident.” However, Wednesday morning they said that they had contacted the mother of the suspect and are now working with her to share the next steps in the investigation process.
Espinoza stated that it was “not justified” that she took five days to reach her after the shooting.
She stated that although her son was shot, the hospital told her. She was allowed to see him briefly before he was taken away. She has yet to receive any paperwork or medical reports.
Espinoza was shocked to learn that police had murdered a 13-year old boy. She decided to combine the two, and she went to the scene of his murder Friday.
Espinoza stated that the police account she received from Espinoza was “not consistent” after she spoke to an eyewitness.
According to the San Antonio Express-News, a neighbor who streamed the events on Facebook claimed that he saw police removing the boy from his vehicle.
Jesse Hernandez, who witnessed the incident and spoke to Andre’s mother and the newspaper, said that instead of applying pressure, he was pulling him out.
“The little boy said, “Not so rough officer. He said, “I’m in pain.” “Don’t be so rough. It hurts officer.
According to the Express-News, the police told the boy to stop moving and that they would help him. Hernandez claimed that he didn’t see any blood in the wound due to the boy wearing his clothes, and that there was “little to no damage to front of car,” the Express-News reported.
According to Express-News, he claimed that his Facebook video was removed shortly after he uploaded it. NBC News has not yet seen the video.
Espinoza claimed that the witness also told her that officers delayed calling an emergency service and that her son had been handcuffed after he died. However, police rebut this claim. They said that the boy was not handcuffed until he was transferred to the EMS stretcher.
Espinoza stated that Andre died in the same street as his sister’s death.
She claimed that Andre had become reclusive, and that he fled home on May 20th after the funeral of his sister. This was also the last time she saw him. She reported him as a runaway to authorities, but was later informed by his friends that the man was staying with them.
“I don’t pretend my son is an angel. He was already grieving the loss of his sister. He didn’t come home after my daughter died and began to get mixed up.”
“He still deserves justice.”
Ebonie Hernandez was Hernandez’s aunt and she traveled from Chicago to San Antonio to attend the funeral of her niece. She said that her nephew changed in the days following his sister’s passing.
