The country mourns the death yet another black teen. Seventeen-year-old Antwon Rose was shot in the back by local police in East Pittsburgh while he was running away after being suspected being involved in an earlier shooting.
Rose was in a Chevy Cruze on Tuesday (June 19) when the Allegheny County Police pulled him and two others over since it matched the description a car involved in a shooting earlier that day, according to CNN.
Around 8:30 p.m. that night, someone had fired nine .40-caliber shots at another person in North Braddock borough, as reported by the Allegheny County Police. The target fired back and was later admitted to the hospital to be treated for his wounds. A witness described the vehicle to the police and at 8:40 p.m., police spotted a car that fit the description. Rose was in that car.
Once cops ordered the driver out the car, Rose and another passenger ran, Allegheny County police said. At that point, an ficer opened fire and struck Rose. He was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
The driver the car was released by police, but they are still looking for the other passenger.
Allegheny County Police Superintendent Coleman McDonough stated that the police recovered two firearms from the car but Rose was unarmed at the time the shooting. McDonough is confident the car was involved in the earlier shooting that day due to “ballistic damage to the rear window.”
The unnamed ficer who shot Rose is now on administrative leave, according to the Allegheny County Police. He had been serving for years in other local departments but had been sworn into the Allegheny County Police earlier the same day he shot Rose.
The Hip Hop community has been saddened and angered over the tragic death and Nas (who released a song called “Cops Shot The Kid” on NASIR last week) has expressed his disgust with an Instagram post with the caption, “Whoever killed him needs the electric chair in front his family.”
A protest was held Wednesday night in East Pittsburgh.
Check out other reactions from the Hip Hop community below.