Cop tells a man to stand up then shoots him (GRAPHIC)

[-Jayson-]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...&q=shot+by+cop


By JEREMIAH MARQUEZ

CHINO, Calif. Jan 31, 2006 (AP)— A videotape released Tuesday shows a sheriff's deputy shooting an unarmed Air Force policeman who recently returned from Iraq as he appeared to obey an order to get up off the ground.

KTLA-TV broadcast a 40-second clip it said came from a Chino resident who videotaped Sunday night's shooting, which followed a 100 mph car chase.

Senior Airman Elio Carrion, 21, was listed in good condition at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton. He was shot three times in the chest, ribs and leg, his father-in-law, Ernesto Paz, told KTLA-TV.

Carrion was a passenger in a Corvette that crashed into a wall following the brief chase, authorities said.

The dark, grainy videotape shows Carrion lying on the ground next to the car, talking to a silhouetted officer who is pointing a gun at him. Carrion supports himself on one arm and his face is brightly lit by the officer's flashlight.

Carrion is heard telling the officer he is unarmed and is in the military.

At one point, a voice is heard saying several times: "Get up."

Carrion says: "I'm gonna get up." As he rose, at least four shots were fired and Carrion collapsed.

Investigators from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department took the original tape, refusing to release it to the public or describe what it shows.

The deputy, whose name was not released, was placed on paid administrative leave, a routine procedure in officer-involved shootings.

Sheriff Gary Penrod said he could not comment until the investigation is completed.

Carrion was not charged with a crime, although the incident remained under investigation, according to sheriff's spokeswoman Robin Haynal.

The driver of the Corvette, identified by authorities as Luis Fernando Escobedo, 21, was arrested for investigation of felony evading.

Carrion and Escobedo had left a party at the home of Carrion's parents to drive to a store, said the airman's wife, Mariela.

A woman who answered the telephone at the Montclair home of Carrion's parents said they were headed to the hospital and nobody at the residence wanted to talk.

Carrion was scheduled to report on Wednesday to his unit, the 2nd Security Forces Squadron, at Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport, La.

An Air Force spokesman, Lt. Frank Hartnett, said Carrion was a security officer at the base. Carrion joined the Air Force in January 2003 and recently returned from a six-month tour in Iraq, Hartnett said.

Chino is about 40 miles east of Los Angeles.


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[sameintheend01]

that place colton is SOOOO shitty. I'm glad I live ohhh, on the complete otherside of LA (probably 100 miles from there).

[FlippiN.af]

Whoa, thats nuts. :22yikes:
Is not everyday you see someone get shot, especially four times.

[turtlecrxsi]

Saw that on the news last week. That cop needs to be pistol whipped and then shot 4 times with his own firearm.

[LA-CUSTOMS]

did he get the sack or anything for this? thats just out of order !!

[directory]

are we even sure the "get-up" voice is the cops??

4 shots at an unarmed man is horrible. what was he thinking?

[jon@af]

It's ok, He'll get sued and lose everything he has, just like he deserves .

[-Jayson-]

no the sad part is the cop more than likely wont recieve much more than a loss of his job. There are laws to protect officers in cases like this. The Police Department will get the shit sued out of them thats for sure. But sadly the same laws that would protect a police officer say if someone ran out of a car towards him with a cellphone like it was a gun and the cop shot him, will also protect this officer.

Part of someone becoming an officer is that the government trust his/her judgement till the end. They can fully see the cop was in the wrong, but they will have to trust his judgement if the cop says something like, i thought i saw him reach for a gun.

Im in no way defending this piece of shit cop. I wish he would go to jail.

[eversio11]

OH SHIT!

The guy survived that! I can't believe he was lying on the ground after being shot 4 times, crying, and the officer just stood there telling him to 'shut the fuck up'.

If I ever had to kill one person, it would have to be this officer.

[1986Z28]

wtf is up with that

[imtheoneandonlyD]

wow....just wow.

[clawhammer]

Saw that on the news last week I beleive. At the time, the cop was suspended with pay.

[sv650s]

not that graphic but.................that's just fucked up.

[BP2K2Max]

Originally Posted by clawhammer

Saw that on the news last week I beleive. At the time, the cop was suspended with pay.

wow, i wanna be a cop. you can shoot someone for no reason and then get a paid vacation for it. nice.

[sv650s]

Originally Posted by BP2K2Max

wow, i wanna be a cop. you can shoot someone for no reason and then get a paid vacation for it. nice.

join the military, you're a great worker if you shoot someone