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HOUSTON— The FBI has joined the investigation into the weekend
shooting of an unarmed double amputee by a Houston police officer.
Officer Matthew Marin, a five-year-veteran, killed Brian Claunch
around 1:30 a.m. at a group home in the 4300 block of Polk Street.
A frantic caretaker called for help when Claunch apparently got irate over a pack of cigarettes and a soda.
"He got agitated in the middle of the night, he started to get a little bit violent," said group home manager Juan Garcia.
According to police, Claunch had an object in his hand and ignored
the officers’ repeated commands to drop it. When he cornered one of the
officers in his wheelchair and tried to stab him with the object, Marin
shot and killed Claunch
HOUSTON— The FBI has joined the investigation into the weekend
shooting of an unarmed double amputee by a Houston police officer.
Officer Matthew Marin, a five-year-veteran, killed Brian Claunch
around 1:30 a.m. at a group home in the 4300 block of Polk Street.
A frantic caretaker called for help when Claunch apparently got irate over a pack of cigarettes and a soda.
"He got agitated in the middle of the night, he started to get a little bit violent," said group home manager Juan Garcia.
According to police, Claunch had an object in his hand and ignored
the officers’ repeated commands to drop it. When he cornered one of the
officers in his wheelchair and tried to stab him with the object, Marin
shot and killed Claunch