A Texas family is seeking answers after their 6-year-old son was fatally shot by deputies in December 2017. The family is calling on Bexar County to settle a lawsuit concerning the fatally shooting according to documents obtained last week KENS 5 reported. Kameron Prescott, 6, was shot twice while Bexar County chased down a fugitive who was later fatally shot. In a 16-page letter sent to county commissioners in June, attorneys for Prescott’s father and mother Christopher and Rubi Prescot explaining what they’ve discovered since filing the lawsuit.
The letter says the Prescott family is “willing to accept, at this time, a fraction of what a jury would likely award as damages.”
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The letter includes details about the moments leading up to Prescott’s death, which including deputies being informed responding officers they didn’t see firearms on the suspect, Amanda Jones before she got shot. Right after the shooting Sheriff Javier Salazar said deputies suspected Jones was involved in a vehicle burglary, citing the reason behind the chase. The lawsuit says it was an bounty hunter that told deputies that Jones was in the area. Jones was wanted on fraud and credit card charges.
“What we had was a case where a call from a bounty hunter led to a two-hour police chase of a non-violent suspect, and it resulted in that suspect fleeing and standing in front of a mobile home where there was a child’s bicycle on the porch and a car in the driveway and a 6-year-old boy playing inside that had nothing to do with this police chase,” Tom Crosley, an attorney for Kameron Prescott’s father, Christopher Prescott said according to the news station. “And deputies in this case fired 20 rounds from assault rifles. And one of those rounds killed this innocent young child.”
Court documents say Jones walked into Christopher Prescott’s home and he immediately told Jones to leave the house, to which she responded, “you have kids and I do not want trouble.”
As she turned to leave Christopher Prescott’s home, she was shot at by deputies John Aguillon, George Herrera, Jesse Arias and Johnny Longoria. The lawsuit claims that deputies briefly stopped firing after Jones fell to the ground but opened fire again. The report says deputies fired at least 18 rounds.
The letter also says Kameron Prescott was in his room wielding a light up toy sword when he shot.
“Here’s what I would say to to the citizens of our county: What do we expect from our law enforcement when they make a mistake? When they make a colossal mistake that results in shooting and killing a 6-year-old boy who’s playing in his own bedroom?” Crosley said.
Christopher Prescott told KENS 5 in 2019, the last words he heard his son say was “ouch daddy, ouch.” Christopher said deputies put him handcuffs while taken his son off to a hospital where he later passed away. The letter says the toy Kameron Prescott was toting prior to the gunfire was found near his blood.
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