All they know of the son of their 24-year-old relative who was killed by a Brownsville Police Department officer is that he wasn't armed.
And as the one-month anniversary of his death approaches five days from now, no one has told them the circumstances of his death at the hands of local police.
"I still have no answers on how my son died," said Maria del Carmen Trevino as she and about a dozen relatives and supporters held up placards near the intersection of Lizca Street and University Boulevard this afternoon.All the know so far is that Roman Rodriguez was shot dead between the 2300 and 2500 block of University Boulevard and that a BPD officer was said to have fired the two shots that killed him.
And as the Texas Rangers division of the Texas Department of Public Safety investigates the shooting, his relatives say that they have been kept in the dark concerning the details of his death
Trevino was not allowed to see the body of her son for three days following the shooting, and that was until she and a group of supporters protested in front of the police department.
And after police released her son's body for his burial a day later, she said they said he had a bullet hole in the upper arm and in the left side of his thorax, indicating his arm was raised when she did see his body in preparation for his burial
"No one is telling us anything," she told reporters then. "Did they shoot him as he was raising his hands to give up?"
Police haven't even said how many shots were fired.
Investigators from the Texas Department of Public Safety said Rodriguez died at the hospital as a result of the shooting.
Another man, 22-year-old Jaime Gomez, was arrested by Brownsville police and has been charged with aggravated robbery and theft in connection to the shooting, investigators said.
News reports indicate that the efforts to keep the public away from the facts in the case started at the very onset. As part of the investigation after the shooting, police blocked off traffic from entering the area — near the Subway restaurant and the Brownsville Public Utilities Board sewer plant — for the better part of Friday morning.
All Cameron County District Attorney Luis Saenz and Lt. Gerard Serrato and Commander Juan Hernandez said was that they could confirming that an on-duty Brownsville police officer had shot and killed someone earlier in the day.
Authorities said the officer involved in the shooting was unharmed.
However, their first statements that the officer had “shot and killed an aggravated robbery suspect between 1 and 2 a.m” were not confirmed at the press conference.
The changing stories and the fact that police have not said that Rodriguez was unarmed when he was shot have raised questions from his relatives.
This afternoon, the suspect's mother Irma Juarez said that her son, who is in custody charged with theft and aggravated robbery, was there to lend Trevino moral support. Juarez said that she is unable to raise the $4,000 in bail bond money to free her son. Before, Trevino told media representatives that Gomez had told a friend who visisted him in jail that he was afraid.
However, their first statements that the officer had “shot and killed an aggravated robbery suspect between 1 and 2 a.m” were not confirmed at the press conference.The changing stories and the fact that police have not said that Rodriguez was unarmed when he was shot have raised questions from his relatives.
This afternoon, the suspect's mother Irma Juarez said that her son, who is in custody charged with theft and aggravated robbery, was there to lend Trevino moral support. Juarez said that she is unable to raise the $4,000 in bail bond money to free her son. Before, Trevino told media representatives that Gomez had told a friend who visisted him in jail that he was afraid.
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Time to call Rev Al Sharton and Rev Jesse Jackson down here to make a media fiasco. But it's not a racial issue when Hispanic cops shoot a young Hispanic. So we leave the shouting and sentiments attracting local media to a local attorney, who encourages rage as prelude to the lawsuit he plans against the city and BPD when the investigation comes to an end. Local and state investigators and officials should at least step forward with preliminary comments. 'Da Mayor, Tony Martinez, wants to stay away from this and yet he is the elected "Top Dog", but has no spine. BPD are reliving the agony of a cop killing a student in a school and any investigation into BPD has the potential for disaster.
Something smells in the state of Demark !
An informational stone wall of this length can only mean it is not in the cities interest to put the information out to the public.
Juan I heard something about this case and it ain't funny in the slightest. There is a cover-up going on right now and BPD is doing their best to keep the facts hidden. Exactly what happened with the perp that SOMEHOW escaped the booking area. I will not go into details but all I will say is that they are protecting people who did not followed protocol and when things come out to light they will open a can of worms.
Brownsville's narco cops are at it again.
"no one is above the law EXCEPT Luis Saenz, and Gus Reyna" That should be victor cortez motto
Da Mayor is the Top Dog elected in the city. The only problem with him is that he has the Mange.
You want a media fiasco, call on your DA..Saenz
Irma Juarez go to pre trial office at the courthouse and get your son out of jail and released for 3 percent, that's 120.00 dollars girlfriend, and tell them Charlie sent you.
The Final Solution to get rid of Chusma is simple :, place Bud Cases thru -out Adams St. By the curbs , then have Mexican Snipers finish them off as they steal 'em. The Mexican Snipers will be trained by the local cops .
I would have thought that our so called district attorney would have been all up in this case. He seems to be having photo ops in everything else
Will Hollywood film a movie about Mexican Sniper ? Who will be the Cop selected from the BPD ?
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