The moment a Texas policeman kills an unarmed woman five times claiming to be pregnant

A Texas police officer shot and killed a woman she was trying to stop, while she claimed to be pregnant and resisted arresting her.

The shootout occurred Monday night in Baytown, about 40 kilometers east of Houston. Lt. Steve Dorris of Baytown Police stated that The officer was on patrol in an apartment complex and attempted to arrest the 45-year-old woman, with whom I had already tried, because she knew that she had a warrant arresting her.

Dorris said the police officer, after 11 years of police service, opened fire after the woman took her electric weapon and tried to use it. However, the images, recorded remotely, do not show that she managed to grab the taser or to offer signs indicating that she owns another weapon.

During the intervention, the African-American Pamela Shantay Turner, 45, said she was returning home and accused the police officer of harbading her.

Then there is a dispute, in which the woman shouts "why?"but the officer does not respond and continues to try to stop the woman.

After using the taser, said she was pregnant, a few seconds before dying for five shots. The agent has not suffered serious injury and the personal camera images of the uniform have not yet been released.

The agent has benefited from three days of administrative leave paid by the police as part of the "usual practice" in this type of business. Police said that he could not confirm if the victim was pregnant and that an autopsy would determine that. .

"It's a tragic event for everyone involved"said Dorris. "Of course, our prayers go to the family of the deceased as well as to our agent." The lieutenant said the police were aware of the video that was circulating on social networks and that the investigators wanted to talk to the person who had recorded the incident because he had witnessed the shooting.

(With information from AP and EFE)