Inquest Set for Washington State Police Shooting of Mexican Worker in Pasco The Associated Press
go to original December 9, 2016

Police in Pasco, Wash fatally shoot Antonio Zambrano-Montes (Periodico Madera Video Denuncia)

A coroner's inquest to shed more light into the police killing of a Mexican shot numerous times last year by three officers in the Washington state city of Pasco has been scheduled to start on Monday, officials said.

Jury selection will begin to choose 12 jurors from a pool of 75 residents from rural Franklin County, where Pasco was the site of weeks of peaceful protests by Latinos after the Feb. 10, 2015, killing of Antonio Zambrano-Montes, County Coroner Dan Blasdel said Wednesday.

Coroner's inquests are judicial proceedings to present evidence about deaths, and juries can reach conclusions and make recommendations to prosecutors. The jury's conclusions are not binding, but the public setting of the quasi-judicial proceeding could provide more details about the killing of the 35-year-old farmworker.

"It's a means to uncover the facts of the death for the general public," Blasdel has said.

No charges were filed against Pasco police officers Ryan Flanagan, Adam Wright and Adrian Alaniz after they shot Zambrano-Montes, who authorities said was high on methamphetamine and throwing rocks at vehicles and police just before he was killed.

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