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San Antonio officer is fired after shooting teenager in a McDonald's parking lot

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Authorities are investigating after a rookie police officer shot a 17-year-old who was eating in his car in the parking lot of a San Antonio, Texas, McDonald's just over a week ago.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

A teenager eating in his car in a McDonald's parking lot was shot by a rookie police officer just over a week ago. That teen is on life support. And authorities are investigating the shooting. Texas Public Radio's Marian Navarro has more on the incident in San Antonio.

MARIAN NAVARRO, BYLINE²: Officer James Brennand had been with the San Antonio Police Department for just seven months when he was dispatched to the McDonald's for an unrelated disturbance³ call the night of October 2. On body camera footage released by the police department, he's heard identifying a car in the parking lot as a vehicle that fled from him the night before. The video shows Brennand as he approaches the car and suddenly opens the driver-side door. Seventeen-year-old Erik Cantu is seen sitting inside. He orders Cantu to get out.

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JAMES BRENNAND: Get out of the car.

ERIK CANTU: What...

NAVARRO: Seconds later, Brennand is heard firing several shots at the car as it backs up and then more shots as it moves to the parking lot. Cantu suffered multiple gunshot wounds. A female passenger, also 17, was uninjured. Cantu's lawyer, Brian Powers, said in a statement yesterday that his client is in critical condition. Three days after the shooting, the San Antonio Police Department announced in a video statement that it had terminated Brennand. Police Chief William McManus told San Antonio news affiliate⁴ KENS⁵ 5 that Brennand's actions were not justified⁶.

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WILLIAM MCMANUS: Nothing that that officer did that night were in accordance with our training or our policies.

NAVARRO: Attempts to reach Brennand and the police union for comment were unsuccessful. Cantu was initially⁷ charged with evading⁸ detention⁹ in a vehicle and assaulting a police officer. But on Friday, Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales said in a news conference recorded by local station News Four WOAI that his office had dropped the charges against Cantu.

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JOE GONZALES: Exercising my discretion¹⁰, what I decided¹¹ to do was to, for now, dismiss this case so that his family can be by his side.

NAVARRO: Officials with the San Antonio police say they support Gonzales' decision to drop the charges. Both the police department and the Bexar County District Attorney's Civil Rights Division say they've launched investigations¹² into the shooting.

For NPR News, I'm Marian Navarro in San Antonio.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

3 disturbance   

n.动乱，骚动；打扰，干扰；(身心)失调

参考例句：

• He is suffering an emotional disturbance.他的情绪受到了困扰。
• You can work in here without any disturbance.在这儿你可不受任何干扰地工作。

4 affiliate   

vt.使隶(附)属于；n.附属机构，分公司

参考例句：

• Our New York company has an affiliate in Los Angeles.我们的纽约公司在洛杉矶有一个下属企业。
• What is the difference between affiliate and regular membership?固定会员和附属会员之间的区别是什么？

5 kens   

vt.知道（ken的第三人称单数形式）

参考例句：

• Dominie Deasy kens them a'. 迪希先生全都认得。 来自互联网

6 justified   

a.正当的，有理的

参考例句：

• She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
• The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。

7 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

8 evading   

逃避( evade的现在分词 )； 避开； 回避； 想不出

参考例句：

• Segmentation of a project is one means of evading NEPA. 把某一工程进行分割，是回避《国家环境政策法》的一种手段。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• Too many companies, she says, are evading the issue. 她说太多公司都在回避这个问题。

9 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

10 discretion   

n.谨慎；随意处理

参考例句：

• You must show discretion in choosing your friend.你择友时必须慎重。
• Please use your best discretion to handle the matter.请慎重处理此事。

11 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

12 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。