Texas police fires officer who shot a teen sitting in his car in a fast food parking lot

A Texas police force has fired an officer who shot and wounded a teenager sitting in his car eating a hamburger.

Brennand had been sent to investigate an unrelated disturbance at the eatery when he saw Cantu inside a car that had evaded him a day earlier, Campos said.

A Texas prosecutor said in a statement Friday that he has not seen enough evidence to file charges against the teenager, who, after Brennand approached him, backed up his car and struck the dismissed officer with an open door.

As the door closed and Cantu drove away, Brennand fired his service pistol several times at the driver, striking him.

Cantu stopped nearby, and police soon found him and a passenger, who was not injured.

Cantu was hospitalized in stable condition, and before prosecutors refused the charges against the teen, police booked him with evading an officer and aggravated assault.

Gonzales said his office had not decided whether to pursue charges against Brennand but that the police investigation into the shooting remained pending.