Posted on 03/07/2006 10:35:30 AM PST by SmithL
San Bernardino -- A sheriff's deputy videotaped shooting an unarmed Iraq war veteran after a high-speed chase will be charged with attempted voluntary manslaughter, authorities said Tuesday.
The case against Deputy Ivory J. Webb, 45, includes the special allegations of infliction of great bodily injury and use of a firearm, San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael A. Ramos told a news conference. It was the first time the county's prosecutors filed charges against a lawman for an on-duty shooting.
Sheriff Gary Penrod said Webb, a 10-year veteran of the Sheriff's Department, will remain on paid administrative leave as the investigation of the shooting of Air Force Senior Airman Elio Carrion, 21, continues.
"I respect the decision of the district attorney's office," Penrod said.
Webb's arraignment was set for Wednesday. If convicted, he could face up to 18 1/2 years in prison.
On Jan. 29, Carrion, an Air Force security officer just back from Iraq, was a passenger in a Corvette that was involved in a high-speed nighttime chase before crashing into a wall in Chino, about 45 miles east of Los Angeles.
A grainy videotape shot by a resident shows Carrion on the ground just outside the car's passenger door and Webb standing nearby, pointing at gun at him. A voice appears to order Carrion to rise. When the airman appears to begin to comply, the deputy shoots him three times.
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Do all you Bell/Noory kooks think like this?
See post 23-there's a link to the video-and I assure you I've watched it-and more than a few times. Perhaps you should try watching it and then try explaining where that cop was justified in shooting an unarmed man 3 times after telling him to get up.
The video the sheriff's department and FBI viewed was unedited....unlike the KTLA tape aired everywhere.
It came out briefly following the shooting and his subsequent SBC traffic stops.
If I'm not mistaken, the airman survived. Attempted murder in the First Degree is the obvious crime. Unfortunately, that's not the charge.
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