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African-American Teenager Fatally Shot by Louisiana Police Officer

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On Tuesday night, an African-American
teenager was shot and killed during an
altercation with a Louisiana police officer.
Two officers were investigating a deserted
Houma, Louisiana, house after receiving a
911 emergency call of armed men breaking
in and robbing the home. The town lies about
50 miles outside of New Orleans.
The house had been reportedly empty for
over a year. The caller told police that at
houma
least one of the men breaking and entering
into the home was armed, according to the Houma Courier. Two deputies from the Terrebonne Parish
Sheriff's Office arrived on the scene and neighbors say they then heard three gunshots from inside the
home, but police declined to tell the paper exactly how the events transpired that night.
The victim was identified by family members as Cameron Tillman, a 14-year-old high school freshman. The
Terrebonne Parish Sheriffs office said in a statement on Wednesday that Tillman was armed, although its
unclear whether the weapon that lay in close proximity to the body was his. Police wouldnt comment on
whether or not it belonged to Tillman.
But Andre Tillman, who was also inside the home that night, denies that his brother was armed. He told
local station WWL-TV that when someone knocked on the door, Cameron answered because he thought
somebody was just clowning, because somebody is always clowning by the door. Andre said that
Cameron then opened the door and the officer shot him on sight. He didnt have nothing in his hand,
Tillman said of his younger brother.
One of Tillmans family friends, Michael Lagarde, corroborates Andres story. He told the Houma Courier
that there was no way Tillman and the others were there robbing the home because it was abandoned.
Three others were arrested at the sceneone 18-year-old male and two minorsand another escaped.
Charges are currently pending against the three men.
The identity of the deputy who shot Tillman is being withheld, but State Police Troop C spokesman Evan
Harrell told the paper that the officer is a seven-year veteran of the patrol division and has had no previous
disciplinary issues during his tenure. The officer who shot Tillman was also African-American.
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