A Texas woman was shot multiple times by Harris County sheriff’s deputies while in her friend’s home earlier this month.
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump likened it to the events that led to the death of Breonna Taylor in 2020. His client, 28-year-old Eboni Pouncy, was reportedly hit five times in the early hours of Feb. 3 and is now using a walker during her recovery process. Two of the bullets struck her in the chest area.
“Breathing too hard, laughing. Everything hurts,” Pouncy told KTRK. “I’m not able to be as attentive with my baby. She’s only 1. So that’s probably the hardest part.”
Pouncy and her friend, Laronda Berry, arrived at Berry’s home at the Woodforest apartment complex when they realized she had misplaced her keys, according to the reports. The duo were able to get inside by busting the window. A neighbor believed they were intruders and immediately reported it to deputies, who were already on the scene dealing with a separate issue.
When the deputies got to the apartment, they knocked at the door, which prompted Pouncy to walk toward it with her registered handgun. During her interview with KTRK, Pouncy claimed that she didn’t hear the deputies announce themselves and took out her weapon as a safety measure.