Bodycam Video Shows San Antonio Cop Shoot 18-Year-Old Sitting On Couch Through Open Front Door

Bodycam footage was released on Thursday shows the fatal shooting of unarmed 18-year-old Charles "Chop" Roundtree last fall in San Antonio, Texas. Police Officer Steve Casanova fired the shot that killed him.

According to a statement given by Taylor Singleton, one of the witnesses, Casanova says "What's up, man?" without identifying himself as a police officer. Singleton said at that point, Devante Snowden, one of the men in the house got up to confront Casanova.

No one in the house knew Casanova was an officer at the time of his entry.

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