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Source: Desert Sun
Man shot by CHP on I-10 had no weapon
Autopsy: Motorist shot 6 times in confrontation with officers after crash
The man shot and killed by a California Highway Patrol officer on Interstate 10 one month ago today was not armed, investigators told The Desert Sun on Wednesday.
Robert Shirar, 32, was shot at least six times three times in his chest and once each in the right ring finger, right wrist and upper abdomen, according to an autopsy commissioned by the family.
Shirar crashed his pickup into a metal rail on I-10, just east of Jefferson Street, sometime early May 21. Two CHP officers found Shirar underneath the nearby overpass about 5 a.m.
Indio police continue to investigate what led up to the crash and what prompted one of the officers to fire his service weapon, police spokesman Ben Guitron said Wednesday.
He was not armed, Guitron said in response to repeated Desert Sun inquiries. What led to the officer-involved shooting, at this time we are not prepared at this time to release it.
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