Death of Denver Teen Jessica Hernandez Killed By Police Ruled a Homicide

*The medial examiner’s report doesn’t coincide with the official police report of Jessica Hernandez’s death. The ME says she wasn’t driving toward the cops when she was shot and that the shots were not fired at close range. VL

By NBC News

The death of an unarmed 17-year-old Colorado girl who was shot by police was ruled a homicide, according to a medical examiner’s report released Friday showing that she suffered four gunshot wounds.

Jessica Hernandez’s Jan. 26 death sparked protests and is under investigation by the Denver District Attorney’s Office. The Denver Police Department said officers opened fire on Hernandez when she drove a stolen car toward them, but the family’s lawyer, Qusair Mohamedbhai, said the autopsy tells a different story.

Mohamedbhai said in a statement that the autopsy doesn’t indicate that Hernandez was driving toward the officers who shot her since since the bullet wounds entered her body from the driver’s side of the car and were not fired at close range.

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