On June 2, 2022, 13-year-old Andre Hernandez was fatally shot by a San Antonio police officer after authorities said he rammed a stolen car into a police vehicle.Months after the incident, on Thursday, February 16, 2023, authorities said that a grand jury declined to indict San Antonio police officer Stephen Ramos in the fatal shooting of Andre Hernandez. Authorities arrived at this decision despite a video showing that the latter hit a police vehicle in a low-speed, minor collision, thwarting the official statement that he “slammed” into the cruiser.In an official statement at the time, the San Antonio Police department said that officers were responding to reports of gunfire in Southeast San Antonio on June 3, 2022, when a car with a suspect came barreling down the road and slammed into the police vehicle. This caused the officer to shoot the suspect to stop him. Following the incident, the department released a partial video of the shooting.Nathan Adams@NateAdams5kVideo released of police involved deadly shooting of 13 yo, after Grand Jury rules it was justified. #SanAntonio #Texas #AndreHernandez #truecrime #PoliceShooting #USA1Video released of police involved deadly shooting of 13 yo, after Grand Jury rules it was justified. #SanAntonio #Texas #AndreHernandez #truecrime #PoliceShooting #USA https://t.co/Rknw116gz1However, multiple videos released on Friday, February 17, 2023, showed Hernandez merely bumping into the police vehicle before being shot while still inside the car by the officer. A 16-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy were also in the car and were reportedly uninjured in the incident.Authorities informed Andre Hernandez's family about his death five days after he was killedAndre Hernandez’s mother, Lynda Espinoza, discovered that her son was killed five days after the incident. NBC News reported at the time that Espinoza was contacted by the police about her son’s death days after the incident. Espinoza told the outlet that she had surmised that her son was dead through newspaper articles that did not name Hernandez at the time.Popitics@Popitics1Lynda Espinoza's 13-year-old son was fatally shot by a San Antonio cop & it took the department 5 days to call her to let her know her son was dead.She found out Andre Hernandez Jr was killed because she pieced together news articles.Lynda Espinoza's 13-year-old son was fatally shot by a San Antonio cop & it took the department 5 days to call her to let her know her son was dead.She found out Andre Hernandez Jr was killed because she pieced together news articles. https://t.co/Sv2z9cyGmnEspinoza then reached out to the outlet that interviewed her and prompted the police to contact her regarding her son’s death. Authorities allegedly shared a partial video of the incident with Espinoza. At the time, Espinoza told NBC News:“I really don’t understand what the police are hiding. My son was 13 years old. That’s the key. He was a little boy, and he did not deserve to get shot and killed by a police officer.”She added:“I don't know what I'm supposed to do when I see it, but I want to see why they shot my son.”Dillon Collier@dilloncollierBREAKING A Bexar County grand jury declined to indict San Antonio Police Officer Stephen Ramos for the March 2021 shooting death of John Pena Montez. SAPD and Montez’s family have provided different accounts of whether Montez lunged at officers with a knife prior to being killed23BREAKING A Bexar County grand jury declined to indict San Antonio Police Officer Stephen Ramos for the March 2021 shooting death of John Pena Montez. SAPD and Montez’s family have provided different accounts of whether Montez lunged at officers with a knife prior to being killed https://t.co/nA0IoatJLjSeveral months after her son was fatally shot by the police, a grand jury declined to indict San Antonio police officer Stephen Ramos. Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales announced that Ramos will not face any charges in the fatal shooting of Andre Hernandez after the jury decided on the same based on an investigation report provided by the Civil Rights Division.“Our system of justice is based on citizen input, yet nothing can repair the pain and loss that AJ Hernandez’s family has endured. A young boy was tragically lost on that day and we know that no mother should ever have to bury their child.”Two months before he was killed, Hernandez was arrested in April 2022 after he was found smuggling illegal immigrants in a vehicle.