According to the Star, Henderson called his mother on FaceTime after he was pulled over. Moments later, his mom said she heard gunfire. Henderson’s fiancée, who was in the car when he was shot, recalls officers “grabbing, pulling, punching” Henderson before he was shot twice.
Last week, a rally was held at the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department, demanding that the bodycam footage be released. His mother, Pauletta Johnson, spoke at the rally telling the crowd her son didn’t deserve this type of ending.
“He was a great human being and an awesome son” said Pauletta. “It’s never been a day in his 25 years of life that he has disappointed me and he has always put family first.”
She added, “What was taken away from me was my only son that I can never get back. I’m scared and I feel like I’m about to fall apart.”
A GoFundMe has been created for Amaree’ya Henderson to help his family with the cost of his funeral. The account, which was created by Paulina Johnson but so far has fallen short of the target goal of $5,148. To help, you can click here to go to the GoFundMe page.