Questions remain after McKinney police shoot unarmed man

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Nov 11, 2026
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Family and friends of a 19-year-old who was shot
and killed by police are searching for answers.
McKinney police say a physical struggle broke out between them
and Jair Ruanez Galvan before he was fatally shot.
Investigators say he did not have any weapons.
Fox News' Peyton Yeager spoke with his friends
who spent his final hours with his friend before he died.
And Peyton has an update.
Peyton.
Steve and today we learned the 19 year old shot
and killed by McKinney police graduated from Anna High School back
in May and he worked at a Texas Roadhouse in Anna
I'm told he had an irreplaceable bond with his coworkers.
We also learned the 19 year old's family hired
an attorney here in McKinney. That law firm is now looking
into the circumstances surrounding this shooting.
I busted out laughing and I was like, let me take a picture of you.
So I go to snap a couple
pictures, everyone starts jumping in.
These photos taken Saturday night at
the Texas Roadhouse in Anna, Jair Ruanez Galvan's last shift.
Just 24 hours later, the 19 year old unarmed according to investigators
when he was shot and killed by McKinney police after
a struggle with two officers.
inside his sedan. He was the sweetest, most respectful kid. That's why
none of the details are making sense.
Nothing is adding up to me. Just before 8 p.m. Sunday evening,
McKinney officers were responding to a solo crash on Wilmoth Road.
Police say when they
approached the vehicle, Galvan became non-compliant
and refused to show his hands. It escalated to a
physical confrontation and the two officers,
a field training officer and a recruit officer,
Fired shots during the encounter, officers gave Mr. Galvan multiple
verbal commands after he repeatedly concealed his hands,
preventing officers from seeing them.
A physical struggle subsequently occurred inside the vehicle during
which officers discharged their firearms.
Investigators have confirmed no weapons were found on Mr. Galvan.
Galvan later died at Medical City McKinney.
The field training officer was shot in the hand,
but it wasn't life threatening.
Both officers are now on paid administrative leave.
The only details released by McKinney police during
a Monday press conference.
I understand that you have more questions, as do I.
What led from this to that in such a short time span?
Details these two co-workers now must wait on,
dreading going back to work without Galvan.
It's going to be really different
working there, I feel like, without him.
At the end of the day, he was a 19-year-old.
He was a child.
You know, somebody's child.
That could have been my child, you know,
when you think about things like that.
When you're a mother or how scared he must have been,
like as a mom, like I just, I can't even imagine.
Galvan's family hired an attorney
who sent us this statement in part Tuesday afternoon.
There is much more the family needs to understand
and we intend to learn the full truth of what happened.
We ask to please respect
the family's privacy during this difficult time.
And there are still so many unknowns,
what initially caused that solo vehicle crash here on Wilmeth
Road in McKinney and what led up to the officers asking
to see Galvan's hands and how many shots
were fired. Now multiple investigations going on here,
Texas Rangers taking control of the
criminal investigation
and the McKinney Police Department's internal affairs will conduct its
own administrative investigation to see
if those two officers followed protocol.
