Deputy to Face Criminal Charge in Deadly Shooting of Unarmed Latino Man- Back from Iraq

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A sheriff's deputy videotaped shooting an unarmed Iraq war veteran after a high-speed chase will be charged with attempted voluntary manslaughter, authorities said Tuesday. The case against Deputy Ivory J. Webb, 45, includes the special allegations of infliction of great bodily injury and use of a firearm, San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael A. Ramos told a news conference. It was the first time the county's prosecutors filed charges against a lawman for an on-duty shooting. Sheriff Gary Penrod said Webb, a 10-year veteran of the Sheriff's Department, will remain on paid administrative leave as the investigation of the shooting of Air Force Senior Airman Elio Carrion, 21, continues. Webb's arraignment was set for Wednesday. If convicted, he could face up to 18 years in prison. On Jan. 29, Carrion, an Air Force security officer just back from Iraq, was a passenger in a Corvette that was involved in a high-speed nighttime chase before crashing into a wall in Chino, about 45 miles east of Los Angeles. A grainy videotape shot by a resident shows Carrion on the ground just outside the car's passenger door and Webb standing nearby, pointing at gun at him. A voice appears to order Carrion to rise. When the airman appears to begin to comply, the deputy shoots him three times. Carrion suffered gunshot wounds to the chest, shoulder and left thigh and was hospitalized for several days. Authorities found no weapons on Carrion or the driver, Luis Escobedo. The FBI has opened an inquiry into possible civil rights violations.  [more] and [more] and [more]