Police Shoot Dead 15-Year-Old. After Alleged Armed Bike Theft

A fifteen-year-old boy was shot dead by police outside a McDonald’s in the Netherlands on Sunday after allegedly stealing a ‘fatbike’ at gunpoint.

The suspect, named only as Jerryson, attempted to flee the scene with a firearm after being told to stop several times, a Rotterdam-Rijnmond police spokesperson said.

The incident occurred in front of ‘many young customers’ near the exit of the branch in Capelle aan den IJssel, near Rotterdam, Dutch outlet De Telegraaf reported.

Police claimed Jerryson had held up the owner of the off-road bicycle at around 4.30pm before fleeing to the McDonald’s and ‘brandishing his weapon again’.

Witnesses told De Telegraaf the teenager jumped a fence pursued by police, before three shots were fired.

Video circulating online purports to show a police officer firing at least three shots on the patio outside of a McDonald’s.

Emergency personnel tried to revive the suspect, but were unsuccessful in their efforts. A trauma helicopter was dispatched to the scene after the shooting.

‘A firearm was found at the scene. Whether it was a genuine firearm remains to be determined through further investigation,’ the police said.

‘We saw blood everywhere,’ two young witnesses said, as reported by Le Parisien.

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‘The police tried to apply pressure to the wounds, but he didn’t survive.’

Police subsequently arrested a 15-year-old boy from Rotterdam and a 15-year-old from Gouda in connection to the robbery.