Disturbing Video Shows Cop Shooting AR-15 Near Crowd of Teens, Killing 17yo Boy

Free Thought Project – by Jack Burns

Glendale, AZ — It was supposed to be a Snapchat organized drive-in party in an industrial part of Glendale, AZ long after the businesses closed for the week. But what started off as a great idea to meet up in cars and groups ended with one 17-year-old high school student being gunned down by police early Sunday morning. Levy Isaac Madueno Santibanez was shot after apparently ignoring police commands to disperse. Part of the incident was captured on video and it is nothing short of horrifying. 

Friends of the victim say he was holding his cell phone which police mistook for a gun. They claim he was running away from the police when the officer shot him in the back. Glendale PD claims the teen had a gun, had been firing into the crowd, and it was found on his person following the shooting.

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Levy Isacc Madueno Santibanez was shot to death by a still unnamed Glendale police officer who has only been with the department for 4 years. In shaky cellphone footage, the officer can be seen firing at the teen with his rifle. The irresponsible nature of firing multiple shots with an AR-15 into a crowd of teenagers cannot be understated. Witnesses also claim the only people shooting guns at the party were the police at around 2am on Friday.

Immediately following the officer-involved shooting which left Santibanez dead, Glendale PD deemed the party an “illegal party” and claimed there were multiple reports of shots being fired, although the teens say it was just their cars and mufflers backfiring. Multiple teenage witnesses claim Santibanez was unarmed and was no threat to responding officers.

Glendale police said they recovered a gun from Santibanez after he shot into the crowd at the party. However, witnesses dispute this story and if Santibanez was firing into a crowd, someone would have likely been struck, but they were not. What’s more, police have already changed their original version of events. Originally a department spokeswoman said Santibanez also shot at the Glendale officer, but then police changed their story and admitted that this never happened.

Dozens of teenagers recorded the melee after the officer opened fire with one student actually capturing the shooting on a cell phone. It appears to show a Glendale police officer with his long gun, an AR15,  pointed in the direction of Santibanez, supposedly opening fire after commanding the teen to “show me your hands”! Although a gun was reported by police to have been found on Santibanez’ person, several of his friends claim the police are lying and denying he had one.

In one video, we can see his friends attempt to pick him up after he’d been shot. There is no gun visible in that video.

Police reported to what they are now calling an “illegal party” when calls to 911 reported hearing shots fired. The party was organized on Snapchat and grew to over 100 cars and 200 individuals. Glendale PD also say dozens of spent shell casings were also found on scene but no other person was reportedly injured by any of the shooting taking place at the warehouse near the intersection of Grand and Northern.

Several area teens have been attending vigils in honor of yet another young person killed by police in an area of Arizona seemingly plagued with officer-involved shootings, with Phoenix PD actually setting records for the number of citizens shot by cops in 2018.

Vigils are being held daily to remember the teenager who reportedly wanted to make something of himself. He worked at a metal scrap yard and was saving money to buy a car.

“From day one, Levy and I, we just clicked,” said Joey Guy, who employed Santibanez at his scrap metal business, “He was the perfect, perfect kid.”

Below is the only footage we can find of the actual shooting, at least until Glendale PD releases any body camera footage to the public. However, they are so far refusing to do so.

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3 thoughts on “Disturbing Video Shows Cop Shooting AR-15 Near Crowd of Teens, Killing 17yo Boy”

  2. Sounds like some butt-hurt snowflake was complaining about having its sleep disturbed, so called the pigs with their “weapons of war.” Result? Another one bites the dust……… Disband those blue-suited asswipes…..

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  3. “Glendale PD claims the teen had a gun, had been firing into the crowd, and it was found on his person following the shooting.”

    Really?

    What do actual WITNESSES to the murder have to say???

    “Witnesses also claim the only people shooting guns at the party were the police at around 2am on Friday.”

    Tell ya what… I’ll believe those WITNESSES over LYING PIGS any day of the week.

    Murder… can’t call it any other way.

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