Senior Airman Elio Carrion and his wife
Deputy shoots unarmed Iraq vet airman
The FBI is investigating possible civil rights violations in connection with home video of a California deputy shooting an Air Force security officer back from Iraq who appeared to be obeying his commands, according to a Local 6 News report.
Officials said 21-year-old Senior Airman Elio Carrion had just returned from a tour of duty in Iraq and was a passenger in a Corvette that was involved in a chase and crash.
The 40-second video shows Carrion cowering next to the Corvette after the crash with the deputy standing over him.
An amateur photographer said he began shooting the video after the Corvette crashed into a wall
"I'm in the military, OK," Carrion can be heard saying on the home video. "Believe me."
The deputy said, "Get up, get up."
"OK, I'm getting up," Carrion responded.
The deputy then fired several shots at Carrion seconds later for no apparent reason.
"Shots fired, shots fired," someone can be heard on the tape yelling.
The Air Force officer was hospitalized late Tuesday with wounds to his chest, ribs and leg, relatives told a TV station in Los Angeles.
Carrion does not face any charges in connection with the incident.
I saw this on Olbermann tonight. Carrion was complying with what the cop was telling him to do but the officer still shot him three times. Then allegedly the cop swore at him several times as he laid there in agonizing pain from his gunshot wounds. This is an all too common occurrence with black men in this country.
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Senior Airman Elio Carrion and his wife
