An 18-year-old woman shot earlier this week by a school safety officer in Long Beach, California, will be taken off life support after her body is prepared for organ donation, a family spokesperson confirmed to The Daily Beast.
, will be taken off life support after her body is prepared for organ donation, a family spokesperson confirmed to The Daily Beast.
“The transition has begun,” Jerlene Tatum, a community activist who has been by the Rodriguez family’s side for several days, said in a text message. Mona, who was planning to move to Kansas and start a new life with her boyfriend and 5-month-old son, was “a family-oriented person,” Rodriguez’s cousin Maria Ramirez told The Daily Beast, adding that Mona “was always sweet, always wanted to be part of everything we had going on.”
Luis Carrillo, a lawyer representing Rodriguez’s family, told The Daily Beast the officer should be arrested, and “doesn't have any business carrying a badge or wearing a gun.” On Thursday, Carrillodemanding an investigation into the shooting, which he said meets the legal threshold for murder or manslaughter charges against the officer.
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