A Black woman from Texas is speaking out after being mistakenly shot five times by police who believed her to be an intruder.
Eboni Pouncy, 28, recounted the events that led to the shooting inside her apartment earlier this month with ABC 13.
Pouncy, who shares the apartment with her girlfriend, said the pair had returned home, and her girlfriend realized she had forgotten her keys. The woman then told Pouncy to break the window so they could enter the apartment.
According to a statement from a neighbor named Robert Mitchell to the outlet, he heard the sound of breaking glass and suspected a break-in and called 911. Two Harris County officers responded to the Pines of Woodforest Apartments in the early morning of Feb. 3. after receiving reports of a potential intruder.
“I heard (the sheriff’s office) knock on the door, nobody responded, and then maybe five seconds later I heard a gun,” Mitchell told ABC 13.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office released body-camera footage revealing officers approaching the apartment and opening fire through a window after spotting Pouncy walking toward the door with a firearm in her hand.
Subsequently, one of the officers reloaded their weapon and continued firing before they both headed downstairs to radio that shots were fired. After the shooting, a gun was retrieved from the apartment entryway similar to the one Pouncy was carrying, according to HCSO, per ABC News.
In a cell phone video obtained by ABC affiliate station KTRK, Pouncy’s girlfriend was ordered downstairs by police following the shooting.
“I live here, please don’t shoot,” she yelled before officers had handcuffed her.
Source: Eboni Pouncy, The Texas Woman Shot In Her Home By Police In Mistaken Identity Incident, Speaks Out
