- Stanley Davis Jr, of Boynton Seaside, was killed when his grime bike struck the freeway media and he was hurled right into a one-way signal
- The boy had simply gassed up the bike and was sporting a helmet
- Boynton Seaside police say the officer gave chase after he noticed the teenager driving recklessly
- Devastate relations blame the police for chasing the boy
- The officer concerned was positioned on administrative go away and an inside affairs investigation will observe
A 13-year-old boy on a dust bike has died in a crash after being chased by police who tried to cease him from driving recklessly.
Surveillance video from a Chevron fuel station exhibits Stanley Davis Jr, 13, filling up his motorbike on Sunday in Boynton Seaside, Florida, after which rushing off as a police SUV offers chase.
Moments later, the 13-year-old died after his bike hit the median and he was hurled right into a one-way signal.
Davis, who performed on the Boynton Seaside Bulldogs soccer group, may be seen along with his helmet on in a fuel station surveillance video filling up his motorbike shortly earlier than 1pm. He is seen driving off as a police SUV rapidly follows him.
The bike leaves the body and seems to have made a U-turn and is seen moving into the wrong way because the patrol automotive follows him. Each automobiles exit the body once more and the boy crashed deadly a brief distance up the freeway. The second of the crash was not caught on surveillance digital camera from the fuel station.
Family and friends paid tribute on social media on Monday.
'That household is devastated and grieving,' Boynton Seaside police Chief Michael Gregory stated on Sunday. 'I will share with you that our neighborhood is devastated and grieving. There's nothing to make that ache any much less.'
The boy's grandmother Tina Hunter informed WPTV that she blamed police for trigger the crash.
'That was my grandson, my solely grandson,' Hunter informed the native information station. 'They chased him, chased him. He simply panicked as a result of he is a child. Chased him proper to his rattling grave and figured he is simply one other black boy and ain't nothing goes to be completed.
'That is the bias of the Boynton Seaside police that we have been having issues for all these rattling years.'
The officer concerned within the crash has been placed on administrative go away as per division coverage in a deadly crash.
Gregory stated that he met with the dad and mom of the boy who and promised to unravel the crash.
'I made a dedication them and I will make a dedication to everybody right here in Boynton seaside. We'll make a radical investigation of the incident.
Florida Freeway Patrol will take over the investigation.
'I can not consider how troublesome it's to consider the lack of somebody who's 13-years-old, particularly with one with such a shiny future,' Gregory stated.
The Palm Seaside Medical Examiner will perform a separate investigation and the police division will conduct an inside affairs investigation to find out if the officer violated any insurance policies or procedures.
Gregory tried to dispel rumors that the police automotive has struck the boy, inflicting the crash or ran over the boy when he lay within the roadway.
'Have seen no proof that the officer's car got here in touch with the grime bike,' he stated. 'There isn't any proof that there was a secondary contact after the crash.'
The Boynton Seaside Bulldogs posted pictures of a smiling dreadlocked Davis smiling on the digital camera and one other of him wanting formidable in his soccer uniform.
It learn: 'It is with a heavy coronary heart that we're tragically & painfully pressured to say goodbye to certainly one of our personal 13yr outdated Stanley Davis Jr A toddler with an illuminating smile and a good looking comfortable spirit that can shine in all places he went.'
