New reports on the tube shooting

LONDON, England (CNN) -- A British television network has reported that an innocent Brazilian man shot dead by British police who mistook him for a London bombing suspect had been behaving normally before his death.

ITV News based its report on secret documents and photographs the network said it obtained about the death of Jean Charles de Menezes, an immigrant electrician who was shot eight times after being cornered in a subway car on July 22, a day after four failed attempts to bomb the city's transport system.

Police later admitted de Menezes had nothing to do with the terrorist attacks and apologized to his family and the Brazilian government.

ITV News, citing the documents and photographs, reported that de Menezes was not carrying any bags when he entered the Stockwell Tube station and was wearing a denim jacket, rather than a bulky coat as police had previously said.

De Menezes walked at a normal pace, did not vault any barriers and even stopped to pick up a newspaper, ITV News reported.

He descended to the train slowly on an escalator, then ran toward the open subway car and took a seat, according to ITV, which based its account on a document outlining what was captured on surveillance footage.

At about the same time, armed officers were provided with positive identification that de Menezes was either Hussain Osman, one of the suspected bombers from the day before, or another suspect, at which point he was shot, ITV News reported.

According to the network, the crucial mistake that led to de Menezes' death may have occurred that morning as he left his apartment and was spotted by surveillance officers, who misidentified him as a possible terrorist.

London police were authorized to shoot and kill suspects they believed might try to set off more subway bombs. Shortly after de Menezes' death, police justified their actions by saying he was acting suspiciously and tried to run from officers, forcing detectives to make a split-second decision to shoot him.

ITV News also reported that an autopsy showed that de Menezes was shot seven times in the head and once in the shoulder -- and that three other bullets missed.

Police declined to comment on the case while the investigation is continuing, ITV News reported.

In response to ITV's report, another British network, the BBC, reported that the Independent Police Complaints Commission, which is investigating de Menezes' death, was concerned about the leak of information about the case.

The IPCC released a statement to the BBC that de Menezes' family "will clearly be distressed" that they did not receive the information before it aired on television.

"The IPCC made it clear that we would not speculate or release partial information about the investigation, and that others should not do so. That remains the case," the commission told the BBC.

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[Sohrn]

Owned.

[Reno]

Sucks

Yesh, sucks :no:

[Reno]

SimonLeMime wrote:
Yesh, sucks :no:

Or does it?

I hope you think about this.

[zechs321]

:-o What is this world coming to when you can shoot somebody that looks like somebody else... pardon my french... :fu:bastards:fu:, the whole lot of 'em:-x. The police had more men, why didn't they take him in and ask questions, their RETARTED.

Nice shots though, 7 head, one shoulder, three missed, not bad, but again you have to acount for the more guns, the more bullets fireing at one man. :cry:Sad:cry:

[nanimo]

Terrorist are having what they want: confusion

sucks :/

zechs321 wrote:
:-o What is this world coming to when you can shoot somebody that looks like somebody else... pardon my french... :fu:bastards:fu:, the whole lot of 'em:-x. The police had more men, why didn't they take him in and ask questions, their RETARTED.

Nice shots though, 7 head, one shoulder, three missed, not bad, but again you have to acount for the more guns, the more bullets fireing at one man. :cry:Sad:cry:

They were probab just trigger happy :shock:

[Reno]

zechs321 wrote:
:-o What is this world coming to when you can shoot somebody that looks like somebody else... pardon my french... :fu:bastards:fu:,

For all they knew, he could have 5 C4s strapped to his body.

the whole lot of 'em:-x. The police had more men, why didn't they take him in and ask questions, their RETARTED.

Again, you can't do that when someone may have BOMBS on them. They asked him to stop, he ran. You have to make a split second decison. Let more people die, or take the guy down. It's not their fault. He ran.

Nice shots though, 7 head, one shoulder, three missed, not bad, but again you have to acount for the more guns, the more bullets fireing at one man. :cry:Sad:cry:

Yeah, sucks. They were some elite task force british police or something. I forget the name.

[Kashaya]

They said on the news (believing the witnesses), things didn't happen like the official police's declaration. It's almost the opposite (didn't run away, etc), anyway an innocent was killed.