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No charges will be filed against the Brevard County deputy who fatally shot two Black teenagers in Cocoa on Nov. 13.
Sixteen-year-old Angelo Crooms and 18-year-old Sincere Pierce were inside what was believed to be a stolen Volkswagen Passat when they were shot to death by Deputy Jafet Santiago-Miranda.
State Attorney Phil Archer said in his statement that he ran an exhaustive investigation and that, while he knows the boys’ families are hurting, he is basing his decision on “facts and evidence.”
The teenagers were not in a stolen car, but Archer said the vehicle they occupied was “almost identical” to the one reported stolen and that he believes the deputy’s actions at the time were “reasonable and lawful.”
And we interviewed Jaquan Kimbrough-Rucker, the third teen in the car and only survivor.
Archer wrote that perhaps we should not interview witnesses to crimes until after the investigation is complete because in our interview, Kimbrough-Rucker told us something different than he said under oath to Florida Department of Law Enforcement. He told us they couldn t hear what the deputy was shouting over the loud music in the car and about their confusion; he told FDLE the music was loud but he heard the deputy s shouts to stop, again emphasizing their confusion. In BCSO s own report, they note that Kimbrough-Rucker told FDLE something that contradicted their own investigation into the speed and direction of the car.
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