James Brennand, 27, was charged with two counts of felony aggravated assault by a peace...
In this image taken from Oct. 2, 2022, police body camera video, Erik Cantu looks toward San Antonio Police officer James Brennand while holding a hamburger in a fast food restaurant parking lot as the officer opens the car door. Brennand was arrested Tuesday on charges of aggravated assault by a peace officer as a result of him firing at the car as Cantu drove away from him.SAN ANTONIO — The former San Antonio police officer who shot and critically injured a teenager on Oct.
James Brennand, 27, seen in a Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022 booking photo provided by the Bexar County Sheriff’s Department, was charged with two counts of felony aggravated assault by a peace officer. Brennand shot and critically injured 17-year-old Erik Cantu on Oct. 2 while on patrol as a San Antonio Police Department officer. Brennand, who had been on the force for seven months was fired after the shooting.
As Cantu sped out of the parking lot, Brennand fired at least 10 shots toward the vehicle though he was “clearly not in danger of death or serious bodily injury,” the affidavit said.Brennand was fired by the SAPD because his actions violated department tactics, training and procedures, a police spokesperson said.
“That officer used extreme force and caught those teens completely off guard before he just started firing,” said Alyssa Doublet, an organizer with the activist group Party for Socialism and Liberation. The group, along with Act4SA, held a protest outside San Antonio Public Safety Headquarters Tuesday afternoon to demand justice for Cantu.
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