by Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project:

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.

A family member of 17-year-old Levy Santibanez shared this photo with me. A Glendale police officer shot the teen four times at a warehouse party where GPD responded to multiple shots fired. Police say Santibanez had a gun on him but it’s unknown if he used it. #fox10phoenix pic.twitter.com/m33s3gsni0

— Justin Lum Fox 10 (@jlumfox10) October 14, 2019

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.

“The cop saw Levy run away and he shot him five times in the back,” Melanie Ruiz, 18, told The Arizona Republic.”
Dozens of teens took video of police shooting 17-year-old Levy Madueno Santibañez after Glendale officers responded to a party https://t.co/ApWCw3xuHV via @azcentral

— Dianna M. Náñez