Officer Yandy Chirino was killed when 18-year-old Jason Banegas pulled a stolen semi-automatic handgun during a struggle, according to his arrest warrant.
A teenager who fatally shot a police officer in a Florida neighborhood Sunday said he was trying to kill himself to avoid going back to jail, according to his arrest warrant. The Hollywood Police Department received a call Sunday night regarding a man who was „going house to house“ on a bicycle in the Emerald Hills neighborhood while attempting to break into cars, the Associated Press reported. Police responded to the call, and Officer Yandy Chirino was the first to spot 18-year-old Jason Banegas. Chirino attempted to arrest Banegas, but he resisted, causing a struggle, and pulled out a stolen semi-automatic handgun. Banegas had a lengthy arrest record, AP reported. He told detectives that his goal in pulling his gun was to kill himself to avoid arrest, „but the officer kept moving around during the struggle“ and he ended up pulling the trigger and shooting Chirino before other responding officers arrived to witness it, the warrant said.
