A traffic stop gone very, very bad…
Texas university student Robert Cameron Redus, was shot dead by a campus police officer during what started as a routine traffic stop.
The 23 year old was reportedly killed when Corporal Chris Carter, 35, opened fire on him in the early hours of Friday morning a few blocks away from the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio where Redus studied and was set to graduate in May.
According to investigators an altercation began when Carter tried to pull Redus over for speeding and driving erratically.
Authorities say the incident occurred about 2am in the parking lot of the Tree House apartments in the 100 block of Grandview Place off Broadway, where Redus was a resident. Carter tried to pull him over on Broadway for driving erratically, which happens to be off-campus.
GA Daily News reports:
It is not clear where Carter first tried to pull Redus over, but both vehicles drove north on Broadway until they pulled into the parking lot of the Treehouse Apartments.
Once there, both got out of their cars and some kind of struggle ensued. Pruitt told My San Antonio that Carter radioed for help shortly before Redus was shot.
A witness who lives in the Treehouse Apartments described hearing ‘five or six’ gunshots, but no verbal warnings.
The witness says:
‘I didn’t hear him say anything like, “Get down on your hands and knees,” you know? I didn’t hear him say anything. He just started shooting,’
‘He emptied the gun on him,’ he said. ‘Boom, boom, boom.’
The site adds:
Mohammad Haidarasl lives directly below Redus at the Treehouse Apartments.
He told My San Antonio that he was asleep on his sofa when he heard an exchange between Redus and Carter.
‘I heard [a man] say, “Oh, you’re gonna shoot me?” like sarcastic almost,’ he said.
Less than a minute later, Haidarasl heard four to six gunshots. He only realized the man who had been shot was his upstairs neighbor, whom Haidrasl described as ‘the nicest guy.’
Mmm… doesn’t sound like there’s any plausible motive here. So what gives!
Our prayers go out to the Redus family.
SOURCE: GA Daily News
