FIRST ON CBS7: Three-year-old shot by Midland Police during search, according to father
Posted: Thu 11:17 AM, Jan 23, 2020 |
Updated: Thu 5:28 PM, Jan 23, 2020
MIDLAND, Tx. (KOSA) -- Midland Police shot a teenager and a three-year-old during a house search last night, according to the children's father.
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It happened in the 2000 block of East Pine Avenue in Midland around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday night.
The father told CBS7 that the teen says police threw something through the window and then broke down the door without announcing they were officers. He says they did have a search warrant.
He says the teen had something in his hand when he encountered the police, but the dad couldn't say what it was.
The father says the teen was shot in the arm and is now in juvenile detention. The three-year-old was shot in the back and has internal injuries and is in a hospital in Lubbock.
He also tells CBS7 that police have raided the house before for suspicion of drugs. He says he was at work when the search happened.
EDITOR'S NOTE:
Some of our viewers and Facebook followers are concerned that we didn't wait to gather ALL of the facts before we reported this story.
Many times on stories like this, a city, county, or state troopers / Texas Rangers / DPS, etc. can't / won't comment until after the investigation is over.
We've offered the City of Midland a chance to comment today - they referred us to the Rangers.
We've also reached out to DPS for comment.
We can't not report that police shot a three-year-old Wednesday night because Midland Police says it can't comment.
We also can't wait to report the story until they're ready to comment.
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