The former Texas police officer who shot and critically injured an unarmed 17-year-old who was eating a hamburger in his car last week has been arrested and faces charges of aggravated assault, the San Antonio Police Department said.
Officer James Brennand, 25, was fired by the department after shooting Erik Cantu on Oct. 2 in a McDonald's parking lot. Cantu's family said Tuesday that the teen is "still unconscious and is on life support."
Brennand was responding to an unrelated call at the restaurant and saw Cantu sitting in the driver's seat of his car in the parking lot eating the burger. Brennand reported he believed Cantu's car had evaded him at an attempted traffic stop and that he suspected the car was stolen.