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FBI investigating fatal Chicago police shooting of motorist in 2013
Source: The Guardian
FBI investigating fatal Chicago police shooting of motorist in 2013
Associated Press in Chicago
Saturday 9 January 2016 20.41 GMT
The FBI is conducting a civil rights investigation into the fatal 2013 Chicago police shooting of a motorist whose family is challenging officers’ accounts that he was armed and opened fire.
A brief mention of the case was contained in thousands of pages of emails related to police shootings that the city released on New Year’s Eve, the Chicago Tribune reported on Saturday.
According to sworn depositions by the two officers pursuing him, Esau Castellanos was speeding at 80mph and crashed on the city’s north-west side. The officers say that when they approached, Castellanos opened fire. His family disputes that, and no gun was ever found. The officers fired 19 shots at Castellanos, hitting him three times.
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The quasi-independent local agency that investigates all police shootings in Chicago says it also referred the Castellanos case to the FBI in the weeks after the March 2013 shooting.
FBI spokesman Garrett Croon confirmed to the Tribune the bureau has been investigating the shooting but would not comment further, and it remained unclear why the case remained open after so much time.
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Associated Press in Chicago
Saturday 9 January 2016 20.41 GMT
The FBI is conducting a civil rights investigation into the fatal 2013 Chicago police shooting of a motorist whose family is challenging officers’ accounts that he was armed and opened fire.
A brief mention of the case was contained in thousands of pages of emails related to police shootings that the city released on New Year’s Eve, the Chicago Tribune reported on Saturday.
According to sworn depositions by the two officers pursuing him, Esau Castellanos was speeding at 80mph and crashed on the city’s north-west side. The officers say that when they approached, Castellanos opened fire. His family disputes that, and no gun was ever found. The officers fired 19 shots at Castellanos, hitting him three times.
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The quasi-independent local agency that investigates all police shootings in Chicago says it also referred the Castellanos case to the FBI in the weeks after the March 2013 shooting.
FBI spokesman Garrett Croon confirmed to the Tribune the bureau has been investigating the shooting but would not comment further, and it remained unclear why the case remained open after so much time.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/09/fbi-investigating-fatal-chicago-police-shooting