David Brouillette calls the shooting justified
ICE officer identified by the Associated Press as the shooter
“It was a justified shooting. The guy was trying to run him over with a car.”
Source and context
Reporting
About this source
The Associated Press and Brouillette's relatives identify him as the officer and attribute a self-defense explanation to him. DHS declined to confirm his identity. The relatives' account is indirect and is not a formal DHS finding.
Before the quotation
Brouillette spoke separately with his ex-wife and daughter after the shooting.
After the quotation
Both relatives told the Associated Press that he described the shooting as justified; DHS had not publicly confirmed his identity.
How this statement is classified
Case context: Was the ICE officer justified in fatally shooting Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero?
The label describes this statement’s response within the context above.
Why this label?
This directly states that the shooting was justified by an asserted vehicular threat.
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Was the ICE officer justified in fatally shooting Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero?
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