Family and friends of Jose Hernandez-Rossy hold vigil

HERNANDEZ-ROSSY AS HE WAS TRAVELING NEAR TONAWANDA AND GARFIELD STREETS IN THE CITY'S BLACKROCK NEIGHBORHOOD LAST NIGHT. TONIGHT WE ARE STILL WORKING TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE SUSPECT. FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS ARE SPEAKING OUT. NEWS 4'S ANGELA CHRISTOFOROS TELLS US WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. ANGELA. NALINA -- A COUSIN OF HERNANDEZ-ROSSY TELLS NEWS 4 HIS FAMILY FEELS THE INVESTIGATION ISN'T ADDING UP. THEY SAY HERNANDEZ-ROSSY WAS A GOOD PERSON, AND GREAT FATHER TO HIS THREE CHILDREN. DESPITE A TROU

BLED PAST, FAMILY AND FRIENDS SAY HE DIDN'T DESERVE TO DIE. ((WE JUST WANT THE TRUTH IN THE STORY CAUSE IT'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT DOESN'T MATCH WITH THE POLICE REPORT.)) FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF 26 YEAR OLD JOSE HERNANDEZ-ROSSY GATHERED TONIGHT FOR A VIGIL ON GERMAIN ST. THEY SAY HE WAS A GOOD PERSON AND HAD THREE CHILDREN. ((HE LOVE KIDS CAUSE HE TREAT MY KIDS, MY TWO KIDS LIKE HIS OWN KIDS.)) POLICE SAY THEY TRIED TO PULL OVER THE SUSPECT AS HE WAS DRIVING NEAR GARFIELD STREET & HARTMAN S

UNDAY EVENING. THERE WAS A STRUGGLE AND POLICE SAY HERNANDEZ-ROSSY FIRED A SHOT THAT HIT OFFICER ACQUINO. ACQUINO'S PARTNER FIRED BACK AT HERNANDEZ-ROSSY WOUNDING HIM. HE WAS FOUND A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE SCENE AND TAKEN TO KENMORE MERCY, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. ((HIS FAMILY IS ALL CRUMBLED YOU KNOW CAUSE THAT'S HARD. ESPECIALLY FOR HIS MOM.)) ((I KNOW HE'S A GOOD FATHER TO HIS CHILDREN HE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT HIS KIDS AND HOW MUCH HE LOVED THEM.)) A FRIEND OF HERNANDEZ- ROSSY TELLS NEWS 4 HE WAS

WELL KNOWN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SHE SAYS HE DOES HAVE A TROUBLED PAST OF RUN-INS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HE'S BEEN CAUGHT SELLING DRUGS. BUT SHE SAYS THAT DOESN'T JUSTIFY HIS DEATH. SHE FEELS HE WAS TARGETED BY POLICE. ((JUST BECAUSE HE SOLD DRUGS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, MAYBE SOLD DRUGS, DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE'S A BAD PERSON IT JUST MEANS THAT HE DID BAD THINGS. HE DIDN'T DESERVE TO DIE FOR IT.)) A LAWYER WITH THE POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION SAYS THAT POLICE WERE JUSTIFIED IN USING DEADLY

FORCE BECAUSE OFFICER ACQUINO WAS SHOT. BUT FAMILY MEMBERS OF HERNANDEZ-ROSSY STILL WANT ANSWERS. ((WE WANT THE TRUTH WE WANT THE TRUTH. WE DON'T WANT THING TO STAY IN THE BOTTOM OF THE PILE.)) ((WE'RE GOING TO SEEK TO OBTAIN THE AUTOPSY HAVE AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW IF THE FINDINGS ARE IN ANY WAY QUESTIONABLE.)) JOSE'S FAMILY STILL HAS A LOT OF OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS TONIGHT. WE DON'T KNOW WHY HERNANDEZ-ROSSY WAS PULLED OVER AND AT THIS POINT POLICE HAVE