Sacked police officer charged after shooting teenager eating a burger in his car

In an appearance on CNN on Tuesday morning, police chief William McManus had said he expected Brennand to be charged with aggravated assault for the shooting and murder in the event Mr Cantu dies.

Sacked police officer charged for shooting teenager eating a burger in his car (San Antonio Police Department/AP)

A now-former San Antonio police officer was charged on Tuesday with two counts of aggravated assault in last week’s shooting of a teenager who was eating a hamburger in his car in a McDonald’s parking lot.

James Brennand, 25, was charged in the October 2 shooting of Erik Cantu, 17, according to a police statement.