The family of Hannah Williams (the young girl who was shot and killed by a Fullerton Police Officer last week), demanded answers and it looks like Fullerton Police is trying to make that happen.
The officers released over a 15-minute video with details and footage from the shooting of 17-year old Hannah Williams, including the frantic 911 call from her father who was concerned that Hannah would harm herself.
Here is the community briefing via Fullerton Police Department:
Earlier this week, the DA’s Office released a photo of the replica handgun –which officials noted looked “identical” to a Beretta – that they say was found next to the teen.
Her supporters have maintained that she was unarmed, with a spokesman for the family saying “a fake gun is a fake gun.”
In the days since the shooting, some of Hannah’s family members and their attorneys have repeatedly demanded answers as to what exactly prompted the shooting. She died soon after the incident in a hospital.
The Orange County Register says that the teen was preparing to be a senior at Magnolia High School and had recently started working as a lifeguard at Knott’s Berry Farm.
She was an inexperienced driver who had just applied for a learner’s permit, her family said, and she may have accidentally ended up on a freeway she had never driven on.
Her family’s attorney has called the contact between the vehicles a “fender bender.”
S. Lee Merritt, a civil rights attorney representing the Williams’ family, acknowledged Friday that the video shows the girl in a “shooting stance.”
The attorney said he, but not the family, watched the video.
The family declined to speak during a brief news conference as they left a meeting late Friday at the DA’s Office, and the attorney declined to take any questions.
A DA’s investigation is focusing on whether the officer’s actions were lawful.
The Anaheim Police Department is investigating Hannah’s actions just before the shooting, while the Fullerton Police Department is determining whether the officer followed agency policies.
