Police in Washington state fired 17 shots at an unarmed Mexican migrant on Feb. 10, hitting him as many as six times, authorities said Wednesday.
Wednesday’s statement from the Tri-Cities Special Investigations Unit, a squad of officers from four police departments assigned to investigate the killing of Antonio Zambrano-Montes, is the first time authorities have confirmed how many shots police fired during the confrontation over rock-throwing. The statement said five or six shots struck Zambrano-Montes.
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The attorney representing Brown’s family in Missouri, Benjamin Crump, also will represent Zambrano-Montes’ family.
Zambrano-Montes’ death was the fourth police killing in Pasco in less than a year, according to The Associated Press.
