Now, a big part of the story is that Kelvin Usher is a minor - so how could the GSU fire what they say are warning shots, see him take to the bushes, and then just leave him out there?
Well, police say they did not know he was a minor and his father, Ras Ruben made no mention of it when he was arrested. Making says he found out about the missing minor later that night through unofficial sources:
Reporter
"You said that late at night you got information about the minor, what exactly were you told?"
Supt. Andres Makin
"I was told that it was brought to the attention of my superior officer that the person who had fled the scene was a minor and if I was aware that he was a minor. I then related to him that I did not know he was a minor. The information I had gathered from my unit was that a male individual had fled the scene but they couldn't have even identified who the person was. If we had known that it was a minor or if we had been told from the father that it was a minor then I believe that different actions would have been taken. But we weren't informed by the dad that it was a minor that had fled the scene. As a matter of fact, he had told us that he was all alone on the farm. We went back because my commanding officer had told me that a person, a concerned citizen, had called him relaying that it was a minor and the person hadn't returned up to the time that I had gotten the call. So, having learned that it was a minor that was involved, I decided that it was only right that we organize ourselves to go out the following day in search of the minor."
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