PICTURED: Armed BLM protester shot dead as he pushed his paraplegic quadruple amputee fiancee during march when motorist drove at crowd before opening fire
- Black Lives Matter protester killed Saturday has been identified as Garrett Foster
- Foster’s mother, Sheila, said he was pushing his paraplegic fiancee, Whitney Mitchell, in her wheelchair just moments before he was shot multiple times
- The shooting happened just before 10pm during a protest in Austin, police said
- Incident occurred after a car honked and sped toward protesters, witnesses said
- Witnesses told cops that Foster, who was carrying rifle, then approached the car
- The driver fired multiple shots before fleeing the scene, investigators said
- But according to Foster’s mother, the man ‘got out of his car and started firing shots, and my son was shot three times’
A Black Lives Matter protester, who was shot dead during a demonstration in Texas when he approached a vehicle Saturday night, was pushing his paraplegic fiancee in her wheelchair just moments before the shooting.
The victim has been identified as Garrett Foster, whose mother, Sheila, spoke to Good Morning America on Sunday.
Foster’s mother said her son had attended several peaceful protests with his fiancee Whitney Mitchell, who is a quadruple amputee. Sheila said Foster was pushing his fiancee right before he was fatally shot.
The shooting happened just before 10pm during a protest in Austin, police spokesperson Katrina Ratliff told reporters early Sunday.
Garrett Foster (pictured with his fiancee), who was shot dead during a demonstration in Texas when he approached a vehicle Saturday night, was pushing his paraplegic fiancee in her wheelchair just moments before the shooting
During the demonstration, a vehicle had honked, turned down a road and then sped toward protesters, witness Michael Capochiano told the Austin American-Statesman.
Foster, who Capochiano said was carrying a rifle, approached the vehicle and was shot by the driver. The driver then drove away, Capochiano said.
But according to Foster’s mother, the man ‘got out of his car and started firing shots, and my son was shot three times’.
Foster was then rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Ratliff said a suspect has been detained in connection to the shooting and is cooperating with police.
Foster was attending a Black Lives Matter protest on Saturday. The demonstration was streamed live on Facebook and captured audio of a vehicle’s horn honking.
Footage posted during the Facebook Live showed the moment when several shots rang out as a group of about 100 people marched and chanted ‘fists up! Fight back!’
There were no other deaths or injuries reported. No other details from police or the EMS were immediately available.