By JEREMIAH MARQUEZ, Associated Press Writer Tue Jan 31, 3:10 PM ET

CHINO, Calif. - A videotape released Tuesday shows a sheriff's deputy shooting an unarmed Air Force policeman who recently returned from Iraq as he appeared to obey an order to get up off the ground.

KTLA-TV broadcast a 40-second clip it said came from a Chino resident who videotaped Sunday night's shooting, which followed a 100 mph car chase.

Senior Airman Elio Carrion, 21, was listed in good condition at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton. He was shot three times in the chest, ribs and leg, his father-in-law, Ernesto Paz, told KTLA-TV.

Carrion was a passenger in a Corvette that crashed into a wall following the brief chase, authorities said.

The dark, grainy videotape shows Carrion lying on the ground next to the car, talking to a silhouetted officer who is pointing a gun at him. Carrion supports himself on one arm and his face is brightly lit by the officer's flashlight.

Carrion is heard telling the officer he is unarmed and is in the military.

At one point, a voice is heard saying several times: "Get up."

Carrion says: "I'm gonna get up." As he rose, at least four shots were fired and Carrion collapsed.

Investigators from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department took the original tape, refusing to release it to the public or describe what it shows.

The deputy, whose name was not released, was placed on paid administrative leave, a routine procedure in officer-involved shootings.

Sheriff Gary Penrod said he could not comment until the investigation is completed.

Carrion was not charged with a crime, although the incident remained under investigation, according to sheriff's spokeswoman Robin Haynal.

The driver of the Corvette, identified by authorities as Luis Fernando Escobedo, 21, was arrested for investigation of felony evading.

Carrion and Escobedo had left a party at the home of Carrion's parents to drive to a store, said the airman's wife, Mariela.

A woman who answered the telephone at the Montclair home of Carrion's parents said they were headed to the hospital and nobody at the residence wanted to talk.

Carrion was scheduled to report on Wednesday to his unit, the 2nd Security Forces Squadron, at Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport, La.

An Air Force spokesman, Lt. Frank Hartnett, said Carrion was a security officer at the base. Carrion joined the Air Force in January 2003 and recently returned from a six-month tour in Iraq, Hartnett said.

Chino is about 40 miles east of Los Angeles.

Family Demand's Deputy's Arrest in Shooting

By Lance Pugmire, Times Staff Writer

11:43 AM PST, February 3, 2006

The family of a man whose shooting by deputies was caught on videotape rallied at the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department this morning to demand the arrest of the police officer.

Deputy Ivory John Webb, 45, has been suspended after he shot Senior Airman Elio Carrion, a passenger in a car involved in a high-speed chase in Chino on Sunday night.

"When a police officer uses deadly force on an unarmed person, that officer has crossed the line into criminal conduct," said attorney Luis Carrillo, representing the family of the victim, .

"The police officer broke all the rules of proper police procedure. What he did was totally unprofessional. Justice demands he be arrested and prosecuted."

Experts on police procedure have criticized Webb's actions visible on the videotape, and none contacted by The Times could identify a threat that would justify the use of deadly force in the incident.

Meanwhile, the neighbor who took the videotape has been taken into custody this morning, said Carrillo, who also represents the man, Jose Luis Valdes. Carrillo said Valdes was arrested by the Pomona Police Department "after he attempted to renew his green card" at a facility in that town. He had no further information on the incident.

Webb has been put on paid administrative leave pending an department and FBI investigation. The department today declined to respond to Carrillo's demand.

At one point, a voice on the recording appears to say "stay on the ground." Seconds later, however, the deputy appears to tell Carrion: "Get up, get up." As Carrion rises, the deputy, who is standing several feet away, shoots him three times.

Carrion remains hospitalized in good condition.

Carrion was the passenger in a blue Corvette that had led the deputy on a brief high-speed chase Sunday night. The chase ended when the driver crashed into a fence on a residential street. Neither Carrion nor the driver had any weapons, sheriff's officials said.

Friends described Webb as level-headed and "by-the-book."
Webb was a standout football player at Carson High School who also played for the University of Iowa, entered law enforcement in the long shadow of his father, a respected former police chief in Compton.

"He very much admired his father -- how his father was perceived and respected in the community, and how he was a great dad," said Keith Chappelle of DeSoto, Texas, longtime friend and former Iowa teammate of Webb. "He wanted to be just like his dad."

Webb, 45, now finds himself in the spotlight after shooting Senior Airman Elio Carrion, a passenger in a car involved in a high-speed chase in Chino on Sunday night.

The shooting was recorded by a witness and has been broadcast repeatedly by television news stations. The raw graphic images have come under intense public scrutiny, and Webb's actions have been harshly criticized by experts in the use of force by police.

Sheriff's officials said Thursday that Webb had spent more than 10 years in the department, serving as a jailer at West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga and, most recently, as a patrolman based in the sheriff's Chino Hills station. Webb's only promotion came in 2001, and he has not received any of the department's most common awards, officials said. They declined to elaborate on Webb's service record.

The shooting is being investigated by the sheriff's homicide division, and the FBI is reviewing the case to determine if any civil rights violations occurred.

In the digital recording, the deputy at one point appears to tell Carrion, who is sprawled on the street and appears cooperative, to "stay on the ground." Seconds later, the deputy appears to tell Carrion to "get up, get up." When the airman begins to rise, Webb fires three times.

Sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Beavers said some of the dialogue was difficult to understand, and cautioned that some crucial evidence may be obscured. The FBI has been asked to enhance the recording, she said.

Former neighbors and teammates, many of whom said they had seen the video on television, were surprised to learn that he was the deputy involved.

"You've got to be joking," said Dexter Winans of Los Angeles, Webb's former Carson High School teammate.

"Ivory Webb was one of the straightest guys I've ever known -- don't drink, don't smoke, nothing but a straight square ... a good kid who listened to his dad. I would never anticipate that would be him."

At the home of Webb's father, a woman who identified herself only as Webb's stepmother described the deputy as a "wonderful person, a wonderful young man."

"Most people who know him feel the same way I do," she said, declining to say more.

Former colleagues of Webb's father, who was Compton's police chief from 1986 to 1990, described the elder Webb as a self-made man who was book-smart and rarely spoke about his family on the job.
Raised in Compton, the elder Ivory Webb was among the first African Americans on the city's police force, joining in 1963 at a time when the force remained overwhelmingly white. Within a decade, the city's demographics had shifted dramatically. After 27 years with the department, Webb took an early retirement in 1990 during a city cost-cutting move.

According to high school friends, the younger Webb's focus was on athletics. Following a stint at Long Beach City College, Webb attended the University of Iowa in Iowa City from January 1980 to December 1983.

Webb was a starting wide receiver in the 1982 Rose Bowl when Iowa ended a 23-year bowl drought, albeit in a 28-0 loss to Washington. Retired Hawkeye football Coach Hayden Fry said Webb was well-liked, but never stayed in touch.

"I haven't heard from him since he left, and I keep up with most of the guys. We're a tight family," Fry said Thursday from Mesquite, Nev. "But he's one who escaped me."

Webb majored in communication studies, but he did not earn a degree at Iowa, said Jody Wiles, a clerk in the registrar's office.

Chappelle, originally from Inglewood, said he helped persuade Webb to go to Iowa and that they became close friends. Chappelle was in Webb's wedding in the 1980s, and said he recalled Webb working in sales following college while expressing his ambition to follow his father's lead into law enforcement.

Chappelle said he could not recall Webb ever losing his temper: "Never; he was always a very jovial and outgoing person. This [shooting], oh my goodness, that doesn't sound like him at all."

Neither Webb nor his attorney could be reached for comment Thursday.

Meanwhile, Carrion's father, Helio Carrion of Montclair, said that at the very least Webb should "lose his badge." He said his son cannot walk right now because of the gunshot that struck the 21-year-old in the left leg. Carrion also was shot twice in the chest.

"It's unbelievable that he stayed alive. That guy shot him too close -- it was close to hitting his heart," Helio Carrion said. "I thank God [Elio] had an angel with him."

His father fought back tears when discussing the video: "I'm angry, I know [the deputy] did wrong."
Raised in Compton, the elder Ivory Webb was among the first African Americans on the city's police force, joining in 1963 at a time when the force remained overwhelmingly white. Within a decade, the city's demographics had shifted dramatically. After 27 years with the department, Webb took an early retirement in 1990 during a city cost-cutting move.

According to high school friends, the younger Webb's focus was on athletics. Following a stint at Long Beach City College, Webb attended the University of Iowa in Iowa City from January 1980 to December 1983.

Webb was a starting wide receiver in the 1982 Rose Bowl when Iowa ended a 23-year bowl drought, albeit in a 28-0 loss to Washington. Retired Hawkeye football Coach Hayden Fry said Webb was well-liked, but never stayed in touch.

"I haven't heard from him since he left, and I keep up with most of the guys. We're a tight family," Fry said Thursday from Mesquite, Nev. "But he's one who escaped me."

Webb majored in communication studies, but he did not earn a degree at Iowa, said Jody Wiles, a clerk in the registrar's office.

Chappelle, originally from Inglewood, said he helped persuade Webb to go to Iowa and that they became close friends. Chappelle was in Webb's wedding in the 1980s, and said he recalled Webb working in sales following college while expressing his ambition to follow his father's lead into law enforcement.

Chappelle said he could not recall Webb ever losing his temper: "Never; he was always a very jovial and outgoing person. This [shooting], oh my goodness, that doesn't sound like him at all."

Neither Webb nor his attorney could be reached for comment Thursday.

Meanwhile, Carrion's father, Helio Carrion of Montclair, said that at the very least Webb should "lose his badge." He said his son cannot walk right now because of the gunshot that struck the 21-year-old in the left leg. Carrion also was shot twice in the chest.

"It's unbelievable that he stayed alive. That guy shot him too close -- it was close to hitting his heart," Helio Carrion said. "I thank God [Elio] had an angel with him."

His father fought back tears when discussing the video: "I'm angry, I know [the deputy] did wrong."

In 2001, Webb was one of several San Bernardino County deputies named in a federal civil lawsuit alleging the use of excessive force against an inmate at the West Valley Detention Center. The jury in that case ruled in favor of the officers and cleared Webb, who had been accused of failing to stop a fellow deputy's misconduct.

Webb attended Citrus College in Glendora in fall 1996.

Webb's former neighbor, Mike Rainey, 39, met the deputy and his family when Rainey moved to an upper-middle-class Corona neighborhood in 2002.

Rainey knew that Webb was a deputy, but they rarely chatted about his work.

"He never carried himself as a cowboy," Rainey said. "He gave me the impression he was very much by-the-book."