Ex-Deputy's Hearing Planned for Aug. 22, 2006 (Press Enterprise 052306) TAPED SHOOTING: Evidence will be weighed to determine if Webb should be Tried.

The Information that I gained regarding this Deputy is that he was not an aggressive person. From the information that I have received is that he was a Good Deputy and worked very well with no complaints at his job there in Chino Hills. All the information that we are getting about Webb is that he was a terrible person that shot an Off Duty Airmen who was the passenger in a Car that he was in Persuit of. Most persuits have criminals that have guns or they are running from the Law for a good reason Not just a nut behind the wheel encounter where he is Drunk. Drunks usually drive slower, the more alert ones which are the more dangerous ones drive fast.

There are those drunks that are the combonation Drunks that Drink and they Chip some speed or Meth. But they are high on top of being drunk. Very awake drunk is a very dangerous drunk. Webb has no Idea what he has in that car when he starts his pursuit!! Just remember that.

Well, On the other hand there has to be more to the story then just Webb Saying, "Get Up!"

The Suspect/Passenger says, " I am one of you!? I am a an Airmen On leave One of You?! Get up? I am one of you, it's in my wallet?"....

This exchange goes on for a while however short on the tape, but then Webb says get up, when the suspect reaches either under his torso, or at his waist to get his wallet or what We don't know because he was shot! That is what I saw on that video. I would love to have a look at it again , but I don't know where to get my hands on it. Anyway. Webb is on an Up Hill, possibly a Free Style Ropeless Rock Climb!!

BSRancher...

Ex-officer's hearing planned for Aug. 22

TAPED SHOOTING: Evidence will be weighed to determine if Webb should be tried.

10:00 PM PDT on Tuesday, May 23, 2006

By JOHN F. BERRY
The Press-Enterprise

SAN BERNARDINO - The case against Ivory J. Webb Jr. will be heard in August when the former San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy returns to a downtown San Bernardino courtroom for a preliminary hearing.

Webb, charged in the Jan. 29 shooting and wounding of an unarmed U.S. Air Force security officer in Chino, appeared briefly in court Tuesday while San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge Michael Smith set Aug. 22 for the preliminary hearing to determine if enough evidence exists for a trial.

Deputy District Attorney Lewis Cope said outside the courtroom that he is unsure if he will put Senior Airman Elio Carrion on the stand.

"He's a very focused individual," Cope said. "He's working very hard to get better."

Carrion, 22, is recovering from bullets fired point-blank into his chest, left shoulder and left leg.

His attorney, Luis Carrillo, said Tuesday that his client is on medical leave and uses a walker but wants to eventually return to duty.

Webb, 45, has pleaded not guilty to one count of attempted voluntary manslaughter as well as the sentencing enhancements of wrongful use of a firearm and inflicting great bodily injury. He faces more than 18 years in prison if convicted.

Webb is the first peace officer in San Bernardino County to be charged in connection with an on-duty shooting.

A videotape of the shooting, played repeatedly on television nationwide, shows Webb firing three rounds into Carrion after he apparently told Carrion to "get up."

"There's a lot more to the whole tape than just a two-minute sound bite," Webb's defense attorney, Michael Schwartz, said outside the courtroom. "I hope the jurors will be objective."

Schwartz said the tape might help his case. He declined to elaborate.

Cope said he recently received audio and visual enhancements from the FBI, which is also investigating the case for possible civil-rights violations. He declined to give details.

Cope and Schwartz said a plea agreement has not been discussed.

Carrion was the passenger in a Corvette whose driver was leading police on a chase at speeds exceeding 100 mph when it crashed into a wall in a Chino residential neighborhood in January. The shooting took place afterward.

The car's driver, Luis Fernando Escobedo, 21, was charged with recklessly evading an officer and two counts related to driving under the influence of alcohol. He is scheduled to appear in court Friday.

Reach John F. Berry at (909) 806-3058 or jberry@PE.com