Police killing of unarmed Mexican in US sparks protests
Three officers fired 17 shots at an unarmed Mexican man in Washington state, and five or six of the bullets hit him in a deadly shooting that has led to weeks of protests and calls for a federal investigation, authorities say.
None of the shots struck former orchard worker Antonio Zambrano-Montes in the back, Kennewick police Sgt. Ken Lattin said Wednesday. Lattin is the spokesman for a regional law enforcement task force investigating the Feb. 10 killing in the nearby agricultural city of Pasco in the southeastern part of the state.
The case calls to mind other recent demonstrations in the US over police killings of unarmed civilians, including Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner in New York City's Staten Island.
Because full autopsy results are pending, Lattin said at a news conference he couldn't be more specific about where on Zambrano-Montes' body the shots struck.
