Tucson Police Shoot Latino Man 70 Times with Pepper Gun

A man in Arizona was hospitalized after he was hit by about 70 rounds fired by a pepper ball gun when he resisted arrest, according to Local 6 News. A television news crew captured the incident on videotape, showing Gabriel Gandara, 29, covering his face as pellets hit his chest. Eventually he hit the ground, face down. Police had been summoned to the scene by people who said they heard shots. Officers stopped a car leaving the area with three men. Gandara got out, but he yelled at police and backed away, police Sgt. Kerry Fuller said. Officers thought they saw a weapon and fired the pepper balls, intended to immobilize suspects with the irritating powder. Officers said they spotted something in Gabriel Gandara's waistband, behind his back, they thought might be a weapon. It turned out to be his underwear label, said Tucson police Sgt. Kerry Fuller.Fuller would not say how many balls police fired. Gandara was taken to a hospital for a reaction to the powder. He's jailed on charges of assault, resisting arrest, criminal damage and marijuana possession. No weapons were found at the scene, Fuller said, and police were conducting a routine review to determine whether appropriate force was used. Gandara's brother, Carlos, also was arrested. [more] and [more]