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The mother of the Stonehill College student injured early yesterday morning in a New York police shooting that killed his best friend said today that her son is out of the hospital, but grieving for his buddy.
“He’s devastated and traumatized by this whole thing,” said Donna Parks, whose son Brandon Cox was a passenger in Danroy Henry Jr.’s car when the Pace University football star was fatally shot by Mount Pleasant, N.Y. cops at about 1:20 a.m.
Police said they were called to Finnegan’s in Thornwood, N.Y., for a report of a “large group of unruly patrons” outside the restaurant.
As officers from several departments tried to “quell the situation,” a Mount Pleasant cop approached a car that was parked in a fire lane.
Police said the officer knocked on the window, but the car, driven by Henry, began moving. When a Pleasantville police officer tried to stop it, Henry accelerated and struck him, police said. With that officer on the vehicle’s hood, a second officer, who stepped in and tried to pull that officer to safety, was also struck, police said.
The Pleasantville officer, still clinging to the hood of the car, then shot and killed Henry, police said.
Parks explained what Cox and Henry were doing in the car.
“They were just sitting in there waiting for someone to come out,” she said. “They’re both such good kids.”
Henry studied business management at Pace and played wide receiver and defensive back for the football team. The Pleasantville Police Department is holding a press conference at 10 a.m. on the shooting.
Parks said her son is trying to be strong.
“He’s holding up,” she said. “He’s very stoic.”
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