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Parents Seek Answers in Teen's Fatal Police Shooting in Hardee's Lot
By ABC NEWS Aug 13, 2015, 9:01 PM
The grieving parents of Zachary Hammond, an unarmed teen fatally shot by police in South Carolina in July as he reportedly ate ice cream during a date, said today they just want to know what happened that night.

Hammond, 19, was in the parking lot of a Hardee's in Arden, South Carolina, when he was shot around 8:20 p.m. on July 26, according to The Associated Press.

Previous news reports said that Hammond and a woman were on a first date and eating ice cream on the night of the shooting.

Police, who had been running a drug sting in the parking lot, say Hammond had driven the 23-year-old woman to the parking lot to buy marijuana from an undercover cop, the AP said.

"This was over a little bit of marijuana. You don't kill people for marijuana," said Hammond's mother, Angie Hammond, today. "They make mistakes but, you can't just kill them for it. ... I would like the officer charged with murder."

A police lieutenant said he shot Zachary Hammond because he felt threatened as the teen drove up, the AP said.

An autopsy commissioned by the family shows that Zachary Hammond was shot twice –- to the back of his shoulder and his side. The Hammonds said that they believed there was dashcam video and that they would like it to be released.

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Parents Seek Answers in Teen's Fatal Police Shooting in Hardee's Lot
By ABC NEWS Aug 13, 2015, 9:01 PM
The grieving parents of Zachary Hammond, an unarmed teen fatally shot by police in South Carolina in July as he reportedly ate ice cream during a date, said today they just want to know what happened that night.

Hammond, 19, was in the parking lot of a Hardee's in Arden, South Carolina, when he was shot around 8:20 p.m. on July 26, according to The Associated Press.

Previous news reports said that Hammond and a woman were on a first date and eating ice cream on the night of the shooting.

Police, who had been running a drug sting in the parking lot, say Hammond had driven the 23-year-old woman to the parking lot to buy marijuana from an undercover cop, the AP said.

"This was over a little bit of marijuana. You don't kill people for marijuana," said Hammond's mother, Angie Hammond, today. "They make mistakes but, you can't just kill them for it. ... I would like the officer charged with murder."

A police lieutenant said he shot Zachary Hammond because he felt threatened as the teen drove up, the AP said.

An autopsy commissioned by the family shows that Zachary Hammond was shot twice –- to the back of his shoulder and his side. The Hammonds said that they believed there was dashcam video and that they would like it to be released.

This time it's a white kid, and a white family grieving and demanding answers.

If a kid is driving towards you, how do you shoot him in the back of the shoulder?

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It matters that Zachary Hammond was white because there can be no accusations of 'race baiting'.

It matters that Zachary Hammond was white in regards to each and every step of the investigation, and how it compares to the investigations of black youths killed by police.

It matters that Zachary Hammond was white because this isn't just something that happens to "those people". It's a reality that we all have to confront, regardless of color, religion, sexuality, or anything else that may define us.

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This is absolutely insane!
An unarmed teen?
With no apparent weapon, do you have to shoot to kill?

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It matters that Zachary Hammond was white because there can be no accusations of 'race baiting'.

It matters that Zachary Hammond was white in regards to each and every step of the investigation, and how it compares to the investigations of black youths killed by police.

It matters that Zachary Hammond was white because this isn't just something that happens to "those people". It's a reality that we all have to confront, regardless of color, religion, sexuality, or anything else that may define us.

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This is absolutely insane!
An unarmed teen?
With no apparent weapon, do you have to shoot to kill?

A car is a more lethal weapon than a firearm.

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This is absolutely insane!
An unarmed teen?
With no apparent weapon, do you have to shoot to kill?

A car is a more lethal weapon than a firearm.

Cops can't move, jump out the way, or shoot the tires out?
I need more facts here.

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Fr~

I have to wonder if the guy drove at the cop who was in front of the car, you would assume the cop then jumped out of the way or sidestepped. After doing that the car would not have been a threat to the cop any longer, but how do sidestep and then still have the ability to shoot the guy in the side and shoulder? The story I read says it was through the window.

But The truth will roll out eventually.

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You're ignoring the possible entrapment that lead to the encounter in the first place.

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Fr~

I have to wonder if the guy drove at the cop who was in front of the car, you would assume the cop then jumped out of the way or sidestepped. After doing that the car would not have been a threat to the cop any longer, but how do sidestep and then still have the ability to shoot the guy in the side and shoulder? The story I read says it was through the window.

But The truth will roll out eventually.

But his partner may have still been in it's path.

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It is something that happens to people who "allegedly" try to run cops down with their car.

Fixed that for you.

I don't know about you, but if I'm at the burger joint and I'm approached by people with guns and I don't see police lights or uniforms, I'd be trying to get the hell up outta there too. If I didn't have my hand on my pistol first.

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Fr~

I have to wonder if the guy drove at the cop who was in front of the car, you would assume the cop then jumped out of the way or sidestepped. After doing that the car would not have been a threat to the cop any longer, but how do sidestep and then still have the ability to shoot the guy in the side and shoulder? The story I read says it was through the window.

But The truth will roll out eventually.

But his partner may have still been in it's path.

Possible. We'll see.

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Hammond's death bears similarities to fatal police shootings of unarmed black men in the last year but has not sparked the kind of outcry that surrounded those killings.

Hammond was driving through a Hardee's parking lot when police, who were targeting his 23-year-old passenger as part of a marijuana sting, approached his vehicle, according to Eric Bland, the Hammond family's attorney.
When the officer approached, Hammond moved to put his car in park, reaching to the floor where the vehicle's gear shift was located. At that point, Bland said, someone shouted that Hammond had a gun.

Lt. Mark Tiller shot Hammond twice, and the 19-year-old died a short time later. Tiller told police he shot Hammond because the man attempted to ram him with his vehicle. An autopsy conducted at the request of Hammond's family suggested Hammond was shot from the side