The US justice department will investigate the death of a Washington DC teenager who was shot by a police officer sitting behind him in a car.
Ednews informs foreig media that Dalaneo Martin, 17, was asleep in a parked, stolen SUV when officers opened the door on 18 March, say police.
Bodycam footage shows police stealthily entering the vehicle to make an arrest. The suspect, who was black, speeds away with an officer in the back seat.
After telling him to stop, the officer opens fire on the teenager from behind.
"The loss of a life is always tragic but is especially heartbreaking when it involves a child," the department of justice said in a news release on Wednesday, announcing the civil rights investigation.
It called the bodycam video "extremely upsetting" and extended condolences to family and friends of the teenager.
He was shot by an unidentified officer with US Park Police - the law enforcement arm of the National Park Service - during an investigation with Washington DC Metro Police.
Footage released on Tuesday shows police officers conferring on how to arrest the suspect as he apparently dozes in a car with a running engine. It was just before 09:00 on a Saturday.