Young mother shot by school resource officer to be removed from life support, investigation underway
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A young mother who was shot by a school resource officer in Long Beach, Calif., was declared brain dead and is expected to be removed from life support on Friday, according to the family's attorney.
According to the school district, the school resource officer was responding to an alleged fight between the woman and a 15-year-old girl. When Rodriguez, a man and a boy tried to leave the fight scene in a gray car, the school resource officer opened fire, hitting Rodriguez, Long Beach police said.Rodriguez was sitting in the front passenger seat when she was shot, police said.
Investigators determined Rodriguez initiated the original altercation and that she and the 15-year-old girl "are known to each other," though the motive for the altercation was unknown, according to police.
Rodriguez's boyfriend of two years and the father of her 5-month-old son, Rafeul Chowdhury, got emotional outside Long Beach Memorial Care Hospital on Wednesday, saying, "I want justice for my girl, my baby momma, the love of my life."