The nephew of a 93-year-old Texas woman who was shot and killed by a police officer has said his aunt fired two shots before the officer shot her
    Roy Jones told a local television station, KBTX-TV, he had taken his aunt, Pearlie Golden, to renew her driver,s license on Tuesday, but she was denied after failing her test. As Jones took his aunt back to her home, he could tell she was upset, he said
    Jones said he was later sitting with his aunt on her front porch when Golden demanded her keys back. He refused, so Golden went into the house and got her .38-calibre handgun. Jones ran into the house and called police, he told the station
    Jones says Golden fired two shots into the ground when an officer told her to drop her gun
    Hearne police have said in a statement that Golden "brandished a gun" when Officer Stephen Stem arrived. A preliminary autopsy shows Golden was shot twice and grazed by a third bullet, the Robertson county district attorney, Coty Siegert, has said
    The Hearne city council will hold a special public session about the fatal police shooting on Saturday afternoon
    Hearne police have declined to comment beyond the statement issued this week. Stem has been placed on administrative leave, and the county district attorney is investigating the shooting of Golden, also known as "Miss Sulie"
    Siegert told the station that because the case is still under investigation, he could neither confirm nor deny that Golden fired her gun
    Dozens of protesters marched to police headquarters on Thursday and were met there by Mayor Ruben Gomez, who said he will recommend that Stem be fired during Saturday,s city council meeting.
    "It,s a loss of confidence in the community. We can,t have an officer the citizens have lost confidence in," Gomez said
    However, Stem,s attorney, Robert McCabe, told the station that he believes his client,s actions were justified under the circumstances and called the mayor,s comments inappropriate and unprofessional
    "He probably knows fewer facts about what occurred than I do," McCabe said
     Associated Press in Hearne - Saturday 10 May

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