“Mommy They Shoot Ken!”
The father of Kendall Petersen, Jr., 30, has called for the Federal bureau of Investigation to conduct the inquiry into the death of his son, who was shot to death by police last Thursday.
In a news conference on Tuesday, Kendall “Seigo” Petersen, Sr., recounted the evens in the early hours last week, and said that reports by law enforcement about what occurred are patently false.
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He said his house was raided at the same time and that he learned his son had been shot while the police were still at his home,
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Upon hearing this, he said, he rushed to his son’s home two blocks away.
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Perhaps the most disturbing discrepancy is between the police report, which indicated Petersen, Jr., was advancing toward police when he was shot once in the chest, and the results of the hospital’s report of the death, which indicated otherwise.
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And in direct contrast to the police report, he said, his son had apparently already dropped into a surrender position at the time he was shot.
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The family had requested, through letters to the Attorney General, Governor and the Hospital Attorney, that no autopsy be performed until they were able to provide their own physician to perform the procedure. Their request had been honored, Petersen, Sr., said, until the plans changed on Tuesday morning.
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The family was ultimately able to have a witness in the room during the autopsy, which proceeded without their consent.
Petersen, Sr., said he wanted the public to be clear on what happened last Thursday,
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The Virgin Islands Police Department Division of Internal Affairs is conducting its own investigation of the incident, and the police officer who killed Petersen, Jr., has been placed on administrative leave with pay,
But Petersen, Sr,, said this is not sufficient.
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NPR (107.3 FM) is right now hosting a panel on the issue when a police office draws and fires his/her gun.
On channel 8 News tonight they were talking about homicides so far, they only said two, Lil Ken own was referred to as incident and they forgot the man and woman that were found in the building that was burned in C’sted……
They should have listed it as assignation.