Miami-Dade county police officers shot and killed a 15 year old boy early Thursday morning after he allegedly robbed an area drugstore at gunpoint.
The boy, who police identified as Jorge Santiago Tapia was recorded on surveillance cameras holding up a gun to a cashier at a Walgreens located at SW 288th Street and South Dixie Highway. Wearing dark glasses and a bandanna around his mouth, the suspect who police say is Tapia quickly fled the scene.
CBS Miami has a rundown of what took place after Tapia allegedly fled the scene:
“Arriving officers spotted a car that matched the description of a vehicle that the armed man drove off in.
After a brief pursuit, Zabaleta said Santiago’s car got a flat tire and came to a stop. Shots were fired.”
The boy had recently celebrated his 15th birthday and was in the 8th grade at Coconut Palm Academy according to a local television report.
“There should be justice for what they did to him,” Angelica Santiago, the suspect’s sister told CBS Miami. “The cops should have waited to see who was the suspect, not just say he was a grown man, who was going to kill them.”
Seven police officers shot Tapia.
“Not only did he use the gun to commit the armed robbery, of course, we have to assume he is going to use the gun against the officers as well,” Detective Alvaro Zabaleta told Local 10 News.
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