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Video Shows Officer Shooting Airman

Tuesday, January 31, 2006
(01-31) 09:18 PST Chino, Calif. (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.

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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Reserving comment until ALL the facts are in.

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And your feelings on this J.A.O.? Nice of you to post stuff but how about stating your take on it.

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Law enforcement people in LA and environs must just hate those video cameras.

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On the video he appears to be complying. This is going to get real ugly. Our newest millionaires, the Carrion family.....?

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Sturgis wrote:

And your feelings on this J.A.O.? Nice of you to post stuff but how about stating your take on it.

I'm flattered that you care so much about "my feelings", but let me spare you some future dissapointment: I'll share my opinion on something when I feel like it, and even then, only when I'm damn good and ready, not because some wise ass on a forum questions how I choose to submit an article.

Until then, get off my jock.

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I found a link to the video of the incident:

VIDEO OF SHOOTING

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an anylist tonight stated he felt the officer got tounge tied in the heat of the moment and probably tried to say shut up and get down and blundered get up instead, he was not attempting to justify anything, he agreed with the officers suspension and hoped that better analysis of the tape could shed more light

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Sure. "He said shut up, and I thought he said stand up."

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djjd62 wrote:

an anylist tonight stated he felt the officer got tounge tied in the heat of the moment and probably tried to say shut up and get down and blundered get up instead, he was not attempting to justify anything, he agreed with the officers suspension and hoped that better analysis of the tape could shed more light

That sort of makes sense. I thought it was strange that he told him to get up in the first place. Usually in these kind of situations you hear the cop tell them to get down on the ground and put their hands on their head or someting like that.

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Re: Cop: "Get up!" Guy: "Ok, I'm getting u

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Video Shows Officer Shooting Airman

Tuesday, January 31, 2006
(01-31) 09:18 PST Chino, Calif. (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.

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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Superfluous crap the punk was vet guy. So what? He was a Latino on top of that and the deputy that shot him was black. So what?

I don't have the facts so I'll tell you how I see it:

The "combat vet" and his pal were drunk. They attempted to outrun the deputy in the flashy car and botched it.

Motor mouthed "vet" had enough talking fluid in him to get smart with the deputy and pissed him off. Not a wise thing to do under any circumstances let alone when you are in a wreck.

The deputy may have been hasty and used excessive force but he was nonetheless right.

I would have been content to just wait until the ambulance came and took the "vet" to the hospital. I'd like to see just how much he was shot. Probably all grazes not a decent hit among them.

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