Pasco PD: Kennewick Police will handle media relations concerning shooting

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Ashli Blow Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Pasco PD: Kennewick Police will handle media relations concerning shooting</h1>
                <h2><p>In a briefing Friday afternoon, Pasco Police Chief Bob Metzger said that nearby Kennewick Police would handle the media relations concerning the investigation of the shooting death of 35 year-old Antonio Zambrano-Montes at the hands of Pasco Police. "This is not your favorite police show on television," said</p></h2>
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            <p>In a briefing Friday afternoon, Pasco Police Chief Bob Metzger said that nearby Kennewick Police would handle the media relations concerning the investigation of the shooting death of 35 year-old Antonio Zambrano-Montes at the hands of Pasco Police. "This is not your favorite police show on television," said Kennewick Police sergeant Ken Lattin. "This will not be solved in 60 minutes. It may take weeks, even months." In a video released last week, police are seen shooting Zambrano-Montes after he threatens them with what appears to be a rock. In all, thirteen shots were fired. "What we know," continued Lattin, "is that he was not armed. He did throw a rock. Is what [the police] did right or wrong? That will come out later." Lattin said the next briefing will be next Thursday, but that any new information would be released before then.</p><p>Below: The video of Zambrano-Montes' shooting. Warning: Graphic.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-embed-card"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/y-0uqFTBclo" width="420"></iframe></figure>
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In a briefing Friday afternoon, Pasco Police Chief Bob Metzger said that nearby Kennewick Police would handle the media relations concerning the investigation of the shooting death of 35 year-old Antonio Zambrano-Montes at the hands of Pasco Police. "This is not your favorite police show on television," said Kennewick Police sergeant Ken Lattin. "This will not be solved in 60 minutes. It may take weeks, even months." In a video released last week, police are seen shooting Zambrano-Montes after he threatens them with what appears to be a rock. In all, thirteen shots were fired. "What we know," continued Lattin, "is that he was not armed. He did throw a rock. Is what [the police] did right or wrong? That will come out later." Lattin said the next briefing will be next Thursday, but that any new information would be released before then.

Below: The video of Zambrano-Montes' shooting. Warning: Graphic.

By Ashli Blow

Ashli Blow is a Seattle-based freelance writer who talks with people — in places from urban watersheds to remote wildernesses — about the environment around them. She’s been working in journal