Towards the beginning of this month, the demise of a 26 year old Marine Corps veteran happened at the hands of law enforcement. Jose Guerena of Arizona was shot with bullets dead by a SWAT raid in front of his wife and children. The law enforcement were not terminated upon, but sent a ton of bullets in Guerena, a veteran of 2 tours in Iraq. The conduct of the law enforcement officers in question is a point of argument in the incident.v
Many shots by the SWAT officers
On May 5, SWAT officers of the Pima County Sheriff’s office arrived at the house of Jose Guerena to serve out a search warrant. When the officers entered the house, according to CNN, they found him holding an AR-15 rifle and they opened fire. CNN states he was shot 22 times while ABS states he was really shot about 60 times, which makes it controversial. Not one shot was fired by Guerena. In fact, his rifle’s safety was still on when it happened. Vanessa Guerena, his wife, called paramedics, but the law enforcement prevented them from entering the home until after he had perished.
Arrest not needed
The suspicion that Guerena was part of a drug smuggling and robbery ring got the police a warrant to go to his house. Supposedly, he had assault weapons and paramilitary clothing on while doing some home invasions. Guns, body armor and a “piece of law enforcement-style clothing” were found in the home, according to the Arizona Daily Star. Mike Storie, the attorney for the SWAT officers, according to KGUN Tucson, has been quoted as saying that Guerena had nothing in his home that would have been cause to arrest him. The Pima County Sheriff, Clarence Dupnik, has been critical of the press for asking questions about the shooting and whether it was legal. Dupnik said that Guerena terminated at officers, but later admitted the truth that he hadn’t, right after the shooting.
Paramedics detained for 60 minutes
Jose Guerena’s shooting occurred with paramedics arriving fairly easily. They received there within two minutes of shots. However, the officers at the scene prevented emergency medical personnel from entering the house and observing Guerena for more than an hour, long after he was dead. One picture was put up in the house that is a hint. It was a picture of the “patron saint” of narcotic runners Jesus Malverde. Wikipedia states that Malverde may not really be real. He is still considered a hero to some just like Jesse James and Billy the Kid were known in the Wild West. It still isn’t known whether there were any drugs in the house, and nothing illegal was found in the initial search. Guerena had two kids, who were ages 6 and 4, and worked for the Asarco copper mine.
Articles cited
CNN
cnn.com/2011/CRIME/05/27/arizona.marine.death/index.html?hpt=T2
Arizona Daily Star
azstarnet.com/news/local/article_47d3b9b2-8345-11e0-a48d-001cc4c03286.html
KGUN Tuscon
kgun9.com/story/14682200/guerena-family-attorney-responds-to-swat-lawyer
ABC
abcnews.go.com/US/tucson-swat-team-defends-shooting-iraq-marine-veteran/story?id=13640112
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