Over the weekend, 15-year-old honor student Jordan Edwards was killed in Texas when a police officer fired into the passenger side of a car he was in. Jordan nor any of the other people in the car were armed. In an initial statement to the press, Balch Springs Police Chief Jonathan Haber said that the vehicle Jordan Edwards was a passenger in “was backing down the road.” At a press conference on Monday, Haber changed his story, saying he had originally “misspoke.” What changed his mind wasn’t the fact that the original police story didn’t line up with eyewitnesses who saw the teen die as he left a house party that night. What changed his mind was that that original story didn’t match up with what Police Chief Haber saw on body camera footage he reviewed.
After reviewing body-cam footage, Police Chief Jonathan Haber reversed his initial account about Saturday's deadly confrontation, saying the teen behind the wheel Saturday night at first backed down the street but was fleeing the scene when the officer opened fire.
"It did not meet our core values," Haber said of his officer's actions.
This family released this statement:
"Not only have Jordan's brothers lost their best friend; they witnessed firsthand his violent, senseless, murder," a family statement reads, according to the Dallas Morning News. "Their young lives will forever be altered. No one, let alone young children, should witness such horrific, unexplainable, violence."
The straight-A student was leaving the party Saturday night in suburban Dallas when police were called for reports of underage drinking.
Heartbreaking. He was at a house party where there was underage drinking reported.
According to WFAA 8 ABC, the unnamed officer is a “6-year veteran.” You can watch Police Chief Haber’s reversal below.