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Coroner orders inquest in fatal police shooting in Washington state: paper
Source: Reuters
Coroner orders inquest in fatal police shooting in Washington state: paper
BY VICTORIA CAVALIERE
SEATTLE Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:46am EST
(Reuters) - A Washington state coroner has ordered an inquest into the fatal shooting by police of a man who was throwing rocks at the officers in an incident captured on video, according to a newspaper report on Saturday.
Franklin County coroner Dan Blasdel ordered the review to determine whether the killing of Antonio Zambrano-Montes in the city of Pasco, about 200 miles (320 km) southeast of Seattle, was justified or reckless, the Tri-City Herald reported.
Such an inquest by the coroner's office is rare, the newspaper said. This will be the third review in Blasdel's 20 years as coroner, the Herald reported.
On Friday, Mexico's Foreign Affairs Ministry called for an investigation into the killing of Zambrano-Montes, an orchard-worker in Washington originally from Michoacan state.
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BY VICTORIA CAVALIERE
SEATTLE Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:46am EST
(Reuters) - A Washington state coroner has ordered an inquest into the fatal shooting by police of a man who was throwing rocks at the officers in an incident captured on video, according to a newspaper report on Saturday.
Franklin County coroner Dan Blasdel ordered the review to determine whether the killing of Antonio Zambrano-Montes in the city of Pasco, about 200 miles (320 km) southeast of Seattle, was justified or reckless, the Tri-City Herald reported.
Such an inquest by the coroner's office is rare, the newspaper said. This will be the third review in Blasdel's 20 years as coroner, the Herald reported.
On Friday, Mexico's Foreign Affairs Ministry called for an investigation into the killing of Zambrano-Montes, an orchard-worker in Washington originally from Michoacan state.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/14/us-usa-washington-murder-idUSKBN0LI0AH20150214
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