Chief: Officers receive death threats after school shooting

Interim Brownsville Police Chief Orlando Rodriguez this morning confirmed to The Brownsville Herald that police officers have received death threats following Wednesday’s shooting death of a middle school student.

The telephone calls were made overnight to the police department’s dispatch center, authorities said.

Rodriguez said he was debriefed of the situation this morning and that all supervisors and officers have been informed of the calls and advised to remain cautious.

Two police officers shot and killed 15-year-old Jaime Gonzalez Jr. at the Cummings Middle School campus. Authorities said Gonzalez pointed a handgun at the officers and refused to put it down.

Gonzalez was shot at least two times. Police later determined the handgun Gonzalez was carrying was a pellet gun.