The Mother of the Boy Shot Dead by Police in Capelle aan den IJssel Will File A Report for Manslaughter. Her Lawyer, Gerald Roethof, Said this on Wednesday. The fifteen-year-old boy was carrying a working firearm when he was shot on Sunday.
Roethof Accuses The Police of Violating Official Regulations. He claims to have seen in images that the boy was shot in the back.
On the TV Program Pauw & De Wit , he says that the mother is “justice.” “And she really horses every stone to be turned. Was the police allowed to shoot in this situation? That’s what’s it’s about for her. And her position is: no. Absolutely not.”
Furthermore, the Mother Wants Her Own Pathologist to Examine the Boy’s Body So That Her Own Report Can Be Drawn Up. Through Her Lawyer, She also Asks Witnesses to Report to the National Criminal Investigation Department, which is Investigating the Incident.
The fifteen-year-old from Gouda was one of the four suspects in the theft of a Fatbike on the Wisselpoor in Capelle aan den IJssel. A fifteen-year-old boy was Kicked and Beaten. A firearm was also pointed at his head. The suspects then Fled.
One of Them Fled in the Direction of A McDonald’s Branch on the Hoofdweg, Almost 2 kilometers away. There, Police Hero the Suspect at Gunpoint and Ordered Him to Drop His Weapon. When he did not, he was shot. The suspect died at the scene.
Accordance to the public prosecution service, The Police Warned the Several Times. On Wednesday, it was announced that the boy had a converted gas alarm pistol with him.
The Police Have arrested Two Other Fifteen-Year-Olds From Gouda and Rotterdam. They will remain in pre-trial detention for another Fourteen Days, The Investigating Judge Ruled on Wednesday.