By Steve Nolan PUBLISHED: 04:34 EST, 31 October 2013 | UPDATED: 04:39 EST, 31 October 2013 A sheriff's deputy who shot dead a 13-year-old Californian boy after mistaking his fake AK-47 for a real gun opened fire before his partner was even able to get out of the patrol car, it has emerged. Andy Lopez was shot seven times in a Santa Rosa parking lot by Sonoma County Sheriff's Deputy Erick Gelhaus after police received reports of a suspicious person. Accounts of just how quickly the shooting took place have been bolstered by investigators confirming that a second officer, a trainee, stayed at the wheel of the police car while Gelhaus approached the boy.
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Erick Gelhaus, 48, shot dead teenage Andy Lopez earlier this month
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Gelhaus has received death threats after the incident that sparked outrage
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The FBI is investigating the fatal shooting of the 13-year-old in Santa Rosa,
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Lopez was spotted carrying a toy gun by cops in Sonoma County
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Ordered him to drop his weapon and opened fire in less than 10 seconds
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Witness: Deputies continued to shoot at body even after he had fallen
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