Here's an update:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/10/air....ap/index.html
Quote:
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- The 21-year-old Iraq war veteran seen in a video being shot by a sheriff's deputy says in a recorded statement that he has difficulty walking.
Senior Airman Elio Carrion released a videotaped statement through his attorney Thursday, a day after San Bernardino County sheriff's Deputy Ivory J. Webb pleaded not guilty to attempted voluntary manslaughter and was released on $100,000 bail.
"My physical therapy continues to progress and I still have difficulties walking," Carrion says, looking into the video camera.
"I'm sorry I haven't been able to speak publicly, but right now I'm focused on my physical therapy and healing."
The tape shows him sitting on a couch next to his wife and moving around with the aid of a walker.
The January 29 shooting was videotaped by a bystander and broadcast on U.S. national television. (Watch the shots being fired -- 1:00)
It shows Webb shooting Carrion, who was not armed, in the chest, shoulder and thigh after a brief high-speed chase involving a car in which the airman was a passenger.
Webb, who faces up to 18 1/2 years in prison if convicted, has not spoken publicly about the shooting.
Carrion, who is assigned to a security unit at Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport, Louisiana, has not been charged with a crime.
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A couple of notable clarifications on points raised in the earlier discussion:
The shootee/victim was not charged with any crimes
The shooter/policeman is being charged with attempted voluntary manslaughter
The victim is confirmed to not be the driver of the car