A teenage mother shot by a school police officer in California was expected to be taken off life support this weekend, her brother said.
The victim, identified by family members as Manuela “Mona” Rodriguez, 18, was being prepared for organ donation before removal from life support, a move approved her siblings and mother, her brother Iran Rodriguez said Friday at a Friday news conference.Manuela Rodriguez was also survived by her 5-month-old baby, according to family attorney Luis A. Carrillo.
The officer was driving a school safety vehicle near Millikan High School on Monday afternoon when he came upon a fight between Manuela Rodriguez and an unidentified 15-year-old girl, Long Beach police said in a statement. Video shows the school officer on the passenger side of the car, apparently trying to get the teenagers to stop or surrender, when it sped off, tires squealing. The officer drew his weapon and opened fire from behind the fleeing vehicle.
The shooting comes as people across the country are reconsidering the effectiveness of school police amid a larger police reform movement that arose in the aftermath ofCarrillo said the officer violated the district's policy, which states: "Officers shall not fire at a moving vehicle."Long Beach Superintendent Jill A. Baker said in a letter to parents and staff that the officer would be "held accountable to the established standards in their profession.
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