SAN ANTONIO (AP) – A Texas sheriff is calling the death of a 6-year-old boy who was shot and killed by a stray bullet when sheriff’s deputies near San Antonio opened fire on a wanted felon a “tragic accident.”
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said Friday the four deputies involved in the shooting believed the felon was holding a gun when she was confronted outside the boy’s trailer a day earlier.
Salazar says the felon, identified by her family as Amanda Lenee Jones, threatened to shoot the deputies.
The object was later determined to be a dark pipe. Authorities say Jones did brandish a gun earlier Thursday during a chase and deputies continue searching for the weapon.
Salazar says it appears the deputies followed policies and procedures regarding use of force.
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