Texas sheriff’s deputies who sprayed bullets into a trailer home last week, killing a six-year-old boy, were threatened by a wanted felon who warned them that she was armed and would shoot them, according to officials.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar told the San Antonio Express-News that 30-year-old Amanda Lene Jones forced her way into the mobile home where the boy, Kameron Prescott, lived on December 21 and then was confronted outside by four deputies.
A person inside the home reported hearing Jones say she would shoot the deputies.
Unintended consequences: Deputies in Bexar County, Texas, were pursing wanted felon Amanda Jones, 30 (left) when they accidentally shot and killed Kameron Prescott (right), six
Residents of Pecan Grove Trailer Park in Schertz, Texas, gather to watch Bexar County Deputies investigate the twin shootings of Jones and Prescott on December 21
Ron Lawrence, left, comforts his daughter Kallie Lawrence, 11, who knew Kameron Prescott
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar gives direction to deputies near the scene of the officer- involved shooting on Thursday. Salazar says his deputies were threatened
Jones had a black metal tube but no handgun. Salazar says deputies, ranging in length of service from two years to 27 years on the force, earlier saw Jones with a gun as they chased her.
Kameron was inside the home when he was struck in his abdomen by a bullet as deputies fired on Jones, killing both.
According to Salazar, Jones had no apparent connection to the child or his family. The Bexar County District Attorney’s Office is now reviewing the use-of-force investigation at the request of the sheriff’s office.
Amanda Jones, who had an extensive criminal record dating back at least a decade and spanning three counties, was a wanted felon and car theft suspect, according to the San Antonio Express-News.
His alleged aunt, Mercedes Warneke, created the GoFundMe page which has gained more than $18,000 in donations
The boy (pictured right) was inside the trailer when the shooting started
Kameron died at the hospital after he was fatally shot in the abdomen by sheriff’s deputies
A deputy had confronted Jones earlier in the day over reports of a stolen car received at 10.48am on December 21.
Officers found Jones hiding in a closet on FM 1518 and she allegedly pointed a gun at them as she fled the scene.
A foot chase ensued and in an attempt to lose the cops, Jones tried to swim across chin-deep waters in Cibolo Creek, forcing a K9 handler to ditch his body armor and pursue her all whilst carrying his dog.
After leading officers on a 90-minute chase through woodland, Jones was tracked to the Pecan Grove Manufactured Home Community.
Rhonda Campbell, 58, told San Antonio Express-News she was in her bed watching TV when the woman forced her front door open trying to find somewhere to hide.
Anthony Fritcher, 33, was closing the back door when he says Jones barged through the front door demanding keys to a car parked outside.
Many faces of Amanda Jones: Jones had an extensive criminal record dating back at least a decade and spanning three counties. Pictured above are just some of her mugshots from the past 10 years
The pair, along with Mrs Campbell’s husband, charged her, forcing the fugitive to run away, and towards the six-year-old boy’s trailer.
The officers had been tracking Jones for nearly two hours when they finally cornered her on the porch of the mobile home where Kameron Prescott lived with his family, located in the 100 block of Peach Lane.
Police are still trying to locate the gun pointed at officers in the initial fracas.
Online jail records indicate that Amanda Jones had been arrested 14 times between 2006 and 2017, mostly on charges of drug possession, as well as domestic violence, driving without a license, resisting arrest, and most recently, burglary.
Mercedes Warneke, who claimed to be Kameron’s aunt, created a GoFundMe page to help cover funeral expenses, which has raised more than $18,000 as of Wednesday evening.