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Mother: Son Didn't Have Gun When Shot By Phili Police
Monday, November 1, 2004 at 02:43PM
Police Say Suspect Had BB Gun
The mother of a 22-year-old man shot by police told NBC 10 News Thursday that police claims that he had a gun are just not true. "I'm very angry. Very upset. I want some justice done about it," said Ruth Miller, the suspect's mother. Police are identifying the man who was shot as 19-year-old Rodney Brown. But the man's mother identified him as Feldon Bush, 22. The shooting happened Wednesday night near the intersection of Unity and Leiper streets in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia. "He said they tried to kill him. They shot him right here, almost in the head. Then, they put him on the ground and threw him in the wagon without putting him on a stretcher," Miller said. Police sources told NBC 10 News that officers were answering a call about a man with a gun who may have been threatening a woman. When police tried to stop Bush and his friend in the Frankford neighborhood, they fled, police said. Miller is outraged that Philadelphia police shot her son just blocks from his home. "He said when the police pulled up on them, the police already had their guns out, like they was going to shoot them, regardless. And, as they was running, a shot went off and it was from the police. My son said to his friend, 'They are shooting." Then his friend said that next thing he knows he seen my son hit the ground," Miller said. [more
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The mother of a 22-year-old man shot by police told NBC 10 News Thursday that police claims that he had a gun are just not true. "I'm very angry. Very upset. I want some justice done about it," said Ruth Miller, the suspect's mother. Police are identifying the man who was shot as 19-year-old Rodney Brown. But the man's mother identified him as Feldon Bush, 22. The shooting happened Wednesday night near the intersection of Unity and Leiper streets in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia. "He said they tried to kill him. They shot him right here, almost in the head. Then, they put him on the ground and threw him in the wagon without putting him on a stretcher," Miller said. Police sources told NBC 10 News that officers were answering a call about a man with a gun who may have been threatening a woman. When police tried to stop Bush and his friend in the Frankford neighborhood, they fled, police said. Miller is outraged that Philadelphia police shot her son just blocks from his home. "He said when the police pulled up on them, the police already had their guns out, like they was going to shoot them, regardless. And, as they was running, a shot went off and it was from the police. My son said to his friend, 'They are shooting." Then his friend said that next thing he knows he seen my son hit the ground," Miller said. [more
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