13-year-old Stanley “SJ” Davis III died on Sunday after police chased him to his death, while he was riding his bike, during an attempted traffic stop in Boynton Beach, Florida.
Surveillance video obtained by ABC News, which appears to have been taken shortly before the fatal crash, shows Davis stopping at a Chevron gas station to fill up his tank. When he leaves the gas station, a Boynton Beach Police vehicle seems to be trailing him.
Davis’ grandmother, Tina Hunter, told ABC News that her grandson received the dirt bike as a Christmas gift and was trying it out the day after Christmas, when an officer attempted to pull him over.
“He could have questioned him in a safe space when he parked to get gas,” Hunter said. “You waited and chased him until you chased him to his death.”
Shannon Thompson, his mother said he had just turned 13 on December 5.
“Right now, it’s hard. He’s all I had. That’s my only child,” she said in a phone interview. “Right now I’m just trying to be strong.”
Shannon Thompson, Stanley “SJ” Davis III’s mother
