On April 12, 2021, KPD officers responded to the Austin-East High School after the mother of Thompson’s girlfriend filed a domestic violence complaint against him.

BREAKING: Exclusive story on a new development tomorrow in the matter of Anthony Thompson Jr., an Austin-East High School Student who was shot and killed by police in the school bathroom exactly one year ago this week. Stay tuned. pic.twitter.com/mxDRrfe3pA

— Angela (@AngelaDWrites) April 11, 2022

WBIR News 10 reports that she and her daughter say Thompson physically hurt her earlier in the day at school, and it wasn’t the first time.

The four officers would locate Thompson in one of the bathrooms, sitting in a stall with the door open and on his phone. The officers would order Thompson to stand up, in which he would put his hands into the front pockets of his hoodie.

While one officer took his left hand, School Resource Officer Adam Willson struggled to get Thompson to remove his right hand from his hoodie.

According to the news outlet Officer Clabough approached, he allegedly could see the barrel of a gun pointing at him from inside the hoodie pocket. The gun fired, but it is unclear if Thompson intended to fire the weapon or if it was by accident.

The bullet fired passed Officer Brian Baldwin and hit a trash can. Baldwin said to have fallen back, believing that he had been shot. Officer Clabough said he saw the gun, still inside Thompson’s hoodie, pointed toward Lt. Stan Cash, and fired his weapon at the 17-year-old, killing him.

Officer Clabough described Thompson’s movement; he thought he pointed a gun at Willson and fired again. Willson was struck in the leg by the shot.

Chanda Robinson

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