Jessica Hernandez Denver Police Shooting: Sources Claim Family May Be Deported as Colorado Protesters Demand Answers

Around 200 people gathered outside Denver's District 2 police station late Wednesday night to demand justice for 17-year-old police shooting victim Jessica Hernandez.

According to the Denver Post, supporters of the Hernandez family also hinted they are concerned about growing rumors the girl's family has been threatened by unspecified parties, and there is even talk they could ultimately be deported.

Hernandez was shot and killed early Monday by officers responding to a call of a suspicious vehicle sitting in an alley. When police arrived, they quickly realized the vehicle in question had been reported stolen. Denver Police Chief Robert White told reporters officers insist they then instructed all five of the youths inside the vehicle to exit, but Hernandez sped off, pinning one of the officers between the vehicle and a nearby fence.

A friend of Hernandez, however, claim the officers never spoke a word and simply opened fire on the car. Reports are Hernandez was struck multiple times.

"When the cops walked up, they were on Jessica's side of the car, and they the window, and they shot her," one of the youths in the vehicle who has asked to remain anonymous told 9news.com. "That's when she wrecked, and that's when the cop got hit."

Wednesday's demonstration was organized by Denver Freedom Riders and opened with demonstrators flashing pictures of Hernandez from a projector on a wall of the station.

At one point, a supporter read from a poem written by Hernandez.

"I seem to be, but really I am and I choose to be. I choose to be a good role model from now on, even though temptations sometimes get in the way," the supporter said.

Later, five of the demonstrators were allowed inside the station to meet with law enforcement officials, who have promised the investigation will be handled with complete fairness and transparency.

"We're here because the people inside know who did this," said Anthony Grimes, identifying himself as one of the Freedom Riders. "We're here now and we will be here and we will challenge their stories."