UPDATE:
About two weeks ago 24-year-old Claudio Trujillo was shot five times in his upper body and legs.
Police say he was the driver of a Tahoe and revved the engine while an officer had his hand on the hood.
That officer says he feared he would be run over so he along with four other officers opened fire.
"If we would have seen the cops -- that's help for us -- supposedly it would be help for us," said Santino Bretado, claims he was in the Tahoe.
Several shell casings and bullets were collected from the scene including some that were not from A.P.D. issued weapons.
"It's a nightmare whenever you have to go back to work and try to pretend that everything's fine when in actuality nothings fine. I was told well what about the police officers families -- well what about my family -- I don't have my family, now I only have my daughter," said Claudia Trujillo, Widow to Claudio Trujillo.
Their lawyer, Jesse Quackenbush, did not allow all questions at the press conference to be answered.
Potter County District Attorney, Randall Sims, said as of Friday February 12, he did not get any of the complaints filed through the Quackenbush Law Firm.
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED:
AMARILLO, TEXAS The Amarillo Police Department has released the preliminary autopsy results for Claudio Trujillo, the man who died after an officer involved shooting on January 30th of this year.
According to a release issued Monday, Trujillo was struck by five bullets to his upper body and legs. The exact number of times at each location he was hit is not being released at this time, pending the 47th District Attorney receiving the case and it's presentation to a Potter County Grand Jury.
The release continues to say that many shell casings and bullets of different calibers were collected at the scene, from the SUV, and from the autopsy. Ballistic evidence will be presented to the DPS lab in Lubbock, Texas. That evidence will be compared to the officers weapons and a handgun that was discovered at the scene to determine which bullets from which gun struck Trujillo. Some of the shell casings discovered were not from firearms carried by APD officers.
This incident is still being investigated by the Special Crimes Unit, and if you have any information about this incident you are asked to call them at 806-378-9468.
See the original story here, and an earlier update here.
