Erik Cantu, the 17-year-old boy who was shot by a San Antonio police officer in the parking lot of a McDonald's, is back home after spending nearly two months in the hospital, his family say.
in the parking lot of a McDonald's, is back home after spending nearly two painstaking months in the hospital, his family announced.Cantu Family Handout / Ben Crump Lawafter the Oct. 2 shooting, in which he was shot multiple times by Officer James Brennand, and was"fighting for his life" in the subsequent weeks, his attorney Brian Powers, previously said.
"Our family’s prayers have been answered, and we are incredibly grateful that our son Erik is home with us. Erik still has a long road to recovery ahead of him but, we are overjoyed at his progress in the past two weeks," they said. In the Oct. 2 shooting, Cantu was sitting in a maroon vehicle in the parking lot of a McDonald's when Brennand, who was present on an unrelated disturbance call, opened the driver’s door and ordered him to get out, police have said.
He put the car in reverse with the driver’s door still open and backed up. Capt. Alyssa Campos, the police department’s training commander, said in aBrennand then opened fire five times as the car reversed, the video showed. He fired five more shots as Cantu drove away. Cantu was found a block away suffering multiple gunshot wounds and was hospitalized, police said.
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