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- ABC News
- June 22, 2018
Slain teen wrote in poem about mom burying him
Antwon Rose, 17, was shot and killed by police Tuesday night.
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Rose was a \"charismatic kid who had a firm handshake, made eye contact and was respectful,\" his friend's father, Ben Schmitt, wrote on Facebook. \"Sometimes he brought my girls pizza from Domino's, where he worked. I know he was beloved by his friends at school. I know he took AP courses and excelled. I know Jordan's and Chloe's hearts are broken along with many of their friends.\"
\"It's senseless,\" Rose's cousin, Theresa Lynn Rose Monroe, told ABC News. \"He wasn't a threat. And I just don't understand why -- why does it got to keep happening?\"
\"It doesn't seem to me that there is any justification ever for shooting an individual who is fleeing in the back,\" Rabner said, adding that the officer was standing \"poised\" and appear to shoot from 15 to 30 feet away.
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The incident that led to Rose's killing Tuesday night began with a separate shooting about 15 minutes earlier, when someone in a passing car shot and wounded a 22-year-old man.
\"Witnesses described the vehicle involved in the shooting, and the description was broadcast\" to officers, police said.
An East Pittsburgh police officer spotted a car matching the description and pulled the car over, police said. The 20-year-old driver -- whom ABC News has confirmed operated as a Jitney driver, which is similar to ride-sharing services Uber and Lyft -- was ordered out of the car and directed to the ground, police said.
Rose and another passenger in that car fled on foot, police said.
The officer shot three times at Rose as he fled and struck him three times, police said. At least one gunshot wound was to his upper body, the medical examiner's office said.
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Two guns were recovered from that car, police said. The driver was detained and later released.
The officer who shot Rose, 30-year-old Michael Rosfeld, had been with the East Pittsburgh Police Department for three weeks as a part-time officer and was sworn in hours before the shooting occurred, he told WTAE. Rosfeld previously worked as a law enforcement officer at other agencies, including the University of Pittsburgh Police Department from 2012 to Jan. 2018.
\"We are profoundly saddened by the death of Antwon Rose,\" the East Pittsburgh Mayor, Council and Police Department said in a statement. \"This is a tragic loss for his family and friends as well as for our community as a whole. We offer our deepest sympathy and condolences to Mr. Rose’s family and friends, the residents of East Pittsburgh and all those affected by this tragedy.\"
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\"This is a very stressful time for our community,\" the statement continued. \"We are seeking truth and answers but the process takes time. We hope that everyone can respect this process.\"
The Allegheny County Police and district attorney's office are investigating.
\"We are committed to finding the truth in this investigation,\" Allegheny County Police Superintendent Coleman McDonough told ABC News Wednesday.
The district attorney's office said it does not plan to release updates on the investigation until next week, \"out of respect for the grieving process that the family and friends of Mr. Rose are going through and the upcoming Monday funeral.\"
ABC News' Sabina Ghebremedhin and Natasha Allen contributed to this report.
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