Another day, another young black man riddled with police bullets. Seven officers shot
at a Nicolas Thomas as he was fleeing in his car. Allegedly running from a warrant for parking tickets. The Officers apparently shot from the side and into the vehicle as determined by the side window's glass being shattered - and not the windshield; evidence that, despite police claims of fear for their lives, that they were not in the immediate path of the vehicle.
One witness says the car was not even moving when the shots rang out.
It happened across the driveway from a busy Starbucks where witnesses inside took cover as it all unfolded.
"They were standing behind the car, opening fire. He wasn't driving towards them," Goodyear customer Brittany Eustache said.
Eustache told Channel 2's Rachel Stockman what happened. She said she watched from inside the store, just feet away.
"The car was not moving when they begin to shoot at him. The car had been stopped he hit curb he could go any further," she said.
"So at no point was he making any aggressive moves?" Stockman asked her.
"None, none at all. They immediately opened fire on them," Eustache said.
7:49 AM PT: A view of the other side of the car: