'I won't get another hug:' Tearful mother speaks after teen shot, killed by Greensboro police officer during traffic stop

Nasanto Antonio "Duke" Crenshaw was a 17-year-old from Hope Mills.

According to the Greensboro Police Department, Crenshaw was driving a stolen vehicle when he was stopped on West Market Street. They said two other teenagers ages 17 and 15 were riding inside it.

Greensboro police say as officers approached the car, Crenshaw took off. When the vehicle was stopped for a second time, several teens jumped out and ran away. WRAL News has been told while police were trying to detain the other passengers in car, Crenshaw hit the gas, ramming a patrol car. Police say he hit the gas again – and that's when he was shot.

Crenshaw's mother Wakita Doriety is trying to piece together what happened to her son. She says she doesn't understand why they had to use deadly force, and she says her son was unarmed.

"Why couldn't you shoot out the tires? Why couldn't you throw down some strips?" she asks, tearfully. "Anything besides shooting him dead. And that's what you did. You shot him dead. I mean, them just facts."

Emotionally, she added, "I mean, even if my son was in a hospital bed, at least I could see him. I could hold him. I could kiss him. I could tell him, 'I love you, son.'"

The press release from the police department does not say how many times the police officer fired his weapon. Crenshaw was declared dead at the scene of traffic stop.

Doriety contradicts the Greensboro press release, saying there were four other teens in the car, not two.

She says she was told by another teen in the car that Crenshaw was struck in the neck by the bullet.

The vehicle was called in as stolen by a Fort Bragg soldier who did not want to be identified. Doriety says Crenshaw told her the soldier had loaned him the car. Crenshaw used the car to drive to Greensboro with a group of friends from Fayetteville, but did not return it in time, according to Doriety.

Doriety said that the woman was upset with Crenshaw, called the police, and reported the car as stolen.

The soldier told WRAL News a different side of the story. She said that Crenshaw stole her car and she did not give him permission to drive it.

His grieving mother says when her son left that day to go to Greensboro, nothing seemed out of place.

She says he just told her he was going to hang out with friends – and asked her if his shoes looked okay with his pants.

She told him to be careful, and he said, "Ma, I'll see you later. I love you," she recalls.

Emotional, she said, "Now, I won't get another hug. I won't get another 'I love you.'"

Doriety describes Crenshaw as bubbly and happy-go-lucky. She says he loved his family, and he'd do anything for loved ones. She says he had many different plans for his life, and that he wanted to make future plans with his brothers.

“He said he loved me and was going to buy me a house," she laughed.

Doriety said that at the time her son was not in school, but previously attended Southview High School.

The family will be holding funeral services on Sept. 3 at 1 p.m. in the Wiseman Mortuary Chapel in Fayetteville.

According to an obituary, Crenshaw is survived by his parents and five siblings.

Per protocol, the officer was placed on administrative duty, and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is looking into the shooting.