Eric W. Dolan
Raw Story
Sept 14, 2011
A mother has filed a federal lawsuit after her 14-year-old son got into a fight at a school bus stop and was later shot to death by a police officer while the her son was hiding in a shed.
The lawsuit, filed by Denys Lopez Moreno against the Northside Independent School District of San Antonio, the district’s Chief of Police John Page and school district police officer Daniel Alvarado, seeks punitive damages for civil rights violations, supervisory liability and negligence.
According to the lawsuit, Moreno’s son, Derek, got into a fight with another boy at a school bus stop and punched him once. Alvarado witnessed the incident and ordered Derek to “freeze.”
But instead of freezing, Derek ran, causing Alvarado to lose sight of him. Derek ended up jumping over a fence and hiding in a shed in the back yard of a nearby house.
The homeowner saw Derek enter his shed, called 911, and then flagged down Alvarado while he was driving around, searching the neighborhood.
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