A St. Cloud, Florida family is disputing police claims after an officer fatally shot a man connected to the stabbing of a 9 year old girl. Police say the man was responsible. The girl’s family says officers got the wrong person.
According to the Orlando Sentinel, an officer shot 21 year old Jahsean on Tuesday after he was seen running erratically and covered in blood near an apartment on Georgia Avenue, following the stabbing of the child. Reports say two officers were involved in the encounter and one of them fired. The girl was taken to Arnold Palmer Hospital and is expected to recover.
The girl’s mother, Veronica, told reporters that Jahsean is her adopted brother and was actually protecting her daughter from an unknown intruder. “He’s a hero,” she said. She is asking authorities to find her daughter’s real attacker.
St. Cloud Police Chief Pete Gauntlett said Jahsean was preliminarily understood to be responsible for the stabbing, but also said investigators have not confirmed all the details. He described the idea that officers shot the wrong person as speculation. The officer who fired has been placed on administrative leave, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting, and the police department is investigating the stabbing.
This is a developing story and the investigations were still open when this was reported.
Source: Orlando Sentinel.
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