Ciudad Juarez, Mexico -- Four city police officers in Juarez are under investigation for a shooting that wounded a 9 year old boy. Josue Tapia was riding in the back seat of his mother's Ford Escape with Texas plates when the officers allegedly opened fire on the two U.S. citizens.The boy's mother, Sonia Tapia Cisneros. 35, says the shooting happened moments after officers approached her vehicle and yelled at her. She says she thought they were warning her to leave a dangerous situation so she drove away quickly.
THEY HAVE HAD 8 COPS KILLED LAST MONTH ALONE !
That's when she says she said the bullets started flying. Tapia thought they were caught in crossfire in a gunfight between police and criminals. She realized they were targets when she heard her son say, "Mom they hit me."
After he was rushed to the hospital Monday night, police took Tapia into custody. She spent the next two days behind bars instead of at her son's hospital bed. She faced attempted murder charges when the police officers said armed men were riding in the vehicle with the mother and child.Tapia and her son are both U.S. citizens. They live in Juarez where she helped start a Christian school.
Juarez police are on edge after a wave of cop killings.In January gun men killed 8 officers. Two more were injured in the most recent attack on Thursday morning.
Last week the police chief ordered his entire force to stay in heavily guarded hotels between shifts.
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