Prankster pretended he was friend of latest man shot by Cop
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Furious Twitter backlash against prankster who pretended he was best friends with latest police shooting victim Antonio Martin and watched him die... and then plugged his mixtape
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Antonio Martin, 18, shot dead by police at gas station in Missouri last night
Jesus Christo tweeted 'can't believe my best friend just died in front of me'
Comment retweeted thousands of times with many offering condolences
Christo then fabricated account of shooting before plugging his own music
One furious user wrote: 'There's truly a special place in hell for you'
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Furious Twitter users have rallied against a prankster who pretended he was best friends with latest police shooting victim Antonio Martin and watched him die at a gas station near Ferguson last night.
Jesus Christo claimed he was there when the 18-year-old was killed and fabricated an account of how a police officer opened fire on Martin when he refused to lie on the ground.
Under the Twitter handle, @DesJuanTheThug, Christo wrote 'I can't believe my best friend just died in front of me' - and the comment was retweeted more than 3,000 times.
He then posted a series of tweets telling people to listen to his mixtape and add him on SoundCloud - an audio platform that allows people to promote their own music.
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The Huffington Post has since released a statement confirming the account was false which read: 'A previous version of this story included an interview with a man claiming to have been at the scene of the shooting and friends with the deceased.
'As police have released statements saying the second person involved in the incident has fled the scene, the source is now suggesting he was never there.'
Christo's fake account of what happened has provoked fury on social media.
