Pregnant mom says Sacramento police with guns drawn mistook 8-year-old son ...

Pregnant mom says Sacramento police with guns drawn mistook 8-year-old son ...

Shanice Stewart and her son Brandon talk with CNN affiliate KCRA. A nine-months pregnant woman and her 8-year-old son were stopped by police in Sacramento, California, and held at gunpoint in what the department calls “a case of mistaken identity.”

She said she followed instructions but felt confusion and fear and immediately broke down in tears. Fearing for his mother’s safety, Brandon also exited the car and in a panic, explained to the officers that his mother was simply driving him to football practice and that she hadn’t done anything wrong.
Fearing for her son’s safety, Stewart shouted, “My baby, that’s my baby!” when Brandon approached the officers.
“I was scared of him getting shot,” Stewart said to ABC. “You don’t know what to expect, especially when it’s multiple officers with their guns drawn towards the car. You just you don’t know.”
The officers first believed Brandon was an older juvenile suspect with two pending felony warrants, one of which included gun possession. But Stewart said she thought the officers realized their mistake after coming face to face with her young son, who was dressed in his football uniform.
“You confused my baby with a suspect?” Stewart asked the officers at the time. “He’s just little.”