Mexican immigrant killed for throwing rocks
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Source: Reuters
Mexican immigrant killed for throwing rocks
Last updated 12:49, February 26 2015
Police officers who fatally shot a Mexican farm worker in Washington state after he pelted them with rocks fired 17 shots, striking him five or six times, police said on Wednesday, local time, an incident captured on video that has fueled protests.
Antonio Zambrano-Montes, 35, an unemployed orchard worker from Mexico's Michoacan state, was killed earlier this month in Pasco, a city of some 68,000 residents in Washington state's agricultural heartland, after he threw rocks at officers and tried to flee.
His death sparked protests by demonstrators who accused Pasco police of overly aggressive tactics in dealing with the Hispanic community and who likened the shooting to two high-profile police killings of unarmed black men in Ferguson, Missouri, and in New York City.
Police said Zambrano-Montes pelted officers with rocks and ignored commands to surrender before the shooting, and that a stun gun failed to subdue him. The three officers involved in the incident, including one who is Hispanic, were placed on administrative leave pending an internal probe.
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