Post by Shadow on Feb 1, 2006 10:12:29 GMT -5
NBC 4
CHINO, Calif. -- An Air Force military policeman on leave from Iraq remains in critical condition Tuesday after he was shot by a San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputy in an incident that is now under investigation.
According to deputies, a chase occured after a driver refused to pull over just before 10:30 Sunday night in Chino.
Residents and deputies observed a blue Corvette racing through a Chino neighborhood at more than 100 mph. There was a brief pursuit before the driver crashed into a fence. A resident of the area grabbed his home video camera.
The tape is in the possession of the sheriff's department. The FBI is investigating possible civil rights violations in the shooting, said Thom Mrozek, spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles.
Senior Airman Elio Carrion, 21, who recently returned from Iraq, was listed in good condition at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton. He was a passenger in the car.
Relatives who saw a portion of the tape tell NBC4 that Carrion was calm, in control and cooperating with the deputy. While he was on the ground, the man appeared to tell the deputy he was in the military and was unarmed.
NBC4 reports that at 10:21 p.m. the sheriff's deputy radio dispatched that he was holding a suspect at gunpoint.
The dark and grainy videotape shows Carrion on the ground next to his car, talking to a silhouetted officer who is pointing a gun at him. Carrion is supporting himself on one arm and his face is brightly lit by the officer's flashlight.
CHINO, Calif. -- An Air Force military policeman on leave from Iraq remains in critical condition Tuesday after he was shot by a San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputy in an incident that is now under investigation.
According to deputies, a chase occured after a driver refused to pull over just before 10:30 Sunday night in Chino.
Residents and deputies observed a blue Corvette racing through a Chino neighborhood at more than 100 mph. There was a brief pursuit before the driver crashed into a fence. A resident of the area grabbed his home video camera.
The tape is in the possession of the sheriff's department. The FBI is investigating possible civil rights violations in the shooting, said Thom Mrozek, spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles.
Senior Airman Elio Carrion, 21, who recently returned from Iraq, was listed in good condition at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton. He was a passenger in the car.
Relatives who saw a portion of the tape tell NBC4 that Carrion was calm, in control and cooperating with the deputy. While he was on the ground, the man appeared to tell the deputy he was in the military and was unarmed.
NBC4 reports that at 10:21 p.m. the sheriff's deputy radio dispatched that he was holding a suspect at gunpoint.
The dark and grainy videotape shows Carrion on the ground next to his car, talking to a silhouetted officer who is pointing a gun at him. Carrion is supporting himself on one arm and his face is brightly lit by the officer's flashlight.
