Family of teen killed by officer wants evidence released now
Source: AP
By JEFFREY COLLINS
The parents of a 19-year-old man who was killed by police during a drug sting against a passenger in his car are demanding that a South Carolina prosecutor release dashcam video and the state agents' investigative file.
"My son was murdered and someone needs to tell me why," Angie Hammond said at a news conference Tuesday, one day after Solicitor Chrissy Adams released a statement saying she has the investigative file, but it could take weeks for her to decide whether the officer should be charged.
The prosecutor for Anderson and Oconee counties said she still has follow-up questions for State Law Enforcement Division agents after reading their report and is also awaiting evidence from the FBI, which is doing its own investigation into the July 26 shooting of Zachary Hammond at a Seneca fast food parking lot.
Seneca Lt. Mark Tiller said he shot Hammond because the teen drove off and nearly hit him as undercover agents tried to buy marijuana from a girl he took on a date. A lawyer for Hammond's family said the autopsy shows Hammond was shot in the back, after any threat from him running down the officer was over.
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