After police instruct the teenagers to stop the vehicle several times, Crooms reverses the vehicle to straighten it up, then proceeds toward a deputy with the car in drive. The officer then fired several shots into the front area of the car before the video cuts off.

The teenagers were both transported to local hospitals where they were pronounced dead from their fatal gun wounds, according to WSVN.

Lauded civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who represents the families of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, said Monday that the teenagers' families had retained him. He also requested for an investigation to be conducted by the U.S. Justice Department.

On Wednesday, Crump said that it was “painfully troubling to us that this teen driver and the teen backseat passenger were terrified and drove around deputies who approached the vehicle” with their firearms drawn.

“Claiming that this deputy discharged 10 shots to get himself out of harm’s way is a clear attempt to justify the killing of these teens,” Crump said. “This disturbing incident, which cost the lives of two Black teens, again documents the dangers of driving or even riding while Black — since the deputy also shot into the backseat, killing a passenger.”

Crump is also demanding that the sheriff’s office release all recordings related to the case, including any additional dashcam video from the other patrol cars and neighborhood camera feeds.

“These parents are heartbroken, as any parents would be,” the attorney said in a statement. “They deserve full transparency and speedy answers about who is responsible for the deaths and the circumstances surrounding their shootings.”

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) said it’s investigating the shooting and evaluating forensic evidence as it awaits the young men’s autopsy report.

“We continue to conduct interviews and hope to be finished with the initial interviews soon,” FDLE spokeswoman Jessica Cary said in a statement. “Once we have completed our investigative reports, we provide that information to the state attorney’s office and they determine whether or not charges will be filed. FDLE’s investigation is limited to the officer’s use of force.”

Sincere-Pierce

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