Marine killed by SWAT Team causes outrage in Arizona

May 5, 2011 shooting of Jose Ortiz continues to cause outrage in Tucson, Arizona. Jose Guerena Ortiz was sleeping after an exhausting 12 hour night shift at a copper mine. His wife, Vanessa, had begun breakfast. Their 4 year old son, Joel, asked to watch cartoons.

An ordinary morning was unfolding in the middle class Tucson neighborhood, until an armored vehicle pulled into the family's driveway and men wearing heavy body armor and helmets climbed out, weapons ready.

They were a sheriff's department SWAT team who had come to execute a search warrant. But Vanessa Guerena insisted she had no idea, when she heard a "boom" and saw a dark suited man pass by a window, that it was police outside her home. She shook her husband awake and told him someone was firing a gun outside.

A U.S. Marine veteran of the Iraq war, he was only trying to defend his family, she said, when he grabbed his own gun, an AR-15 assault rifle.

What happened next was captured on video after a member of the SWAT team activated a helmet mounted camera.

The officers, four of whom carried .40-caliber handguns while another had an AR-15, moved to the door, briefly sounding a siren, then shouting "Police!" in English and Spanish. With a thrust of a battering ram, they broke the door open. Eight seconds passed before they opened fire into the house.

And 10 seconds later, Guerena lay dying in a hallway 20 feet from the front door. The SWAT team fired 71 rounds, riddling his body 22 times, while his wife and child sought protection in a closet.

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[damanwidaplans]

@moverling5 Ok, show me. SHOW me ANY misspelled word I typed. Come on, I'm waiting. That's right, Retard. You can't find any. And aren't you that dumb-ass that keeps stalking every video I watch on the internet? Get the fuck off my shit, Bitch. Obviously you don't know how to capitalize.

[moverling5]

@damanwidaplans WOW! Tons of typos and misspelled words. What a fucking idiot!

[scalplifter55]

in other word a bunch of lying cops....I love it when cops die...all of thses pigs need to die

[candoonman]

@primate4 Go fuckyourself these cowards broke into the mans home because they wanted to play war. Next time you are on your kness blowing your boyfriend try reading a copy of the Bill of Rights.

[damanwidaplans]

@primate4 A warrant is to search the house in order to find him guilty. They didn't find anything so that means he wasn't guilty of anything. The shooting was a dishonor to the department they worked for.

[damanwidaplans]

@carbideagle Police is obligated to not shoot if they have a gun. They first tell him to put down his gun. Then they fire. Not just break in the door to someones house and start shooting like dumb-asses.

[MrPissonyourgrave]

Why didnt he kill the cops? Fuck Them. You starteld him awake by kicking in his door. You never ID yourselfs as cops. 71rds!? Fuck You pig cocksuckers. Hes a Vet with PTSD YOU KICKED IN HIS DOOR AND STARTELD HIM AWAKE!!!!! LIARS.

[carbideagle]

They found evidence pertinent to the case? If he was involved in drugs and thats what the search warrant was for and he pointed a gun at police, off course they are going to fire. Im pretty sure they dont send swat to your house for a search warrant if your not doing anything wrong. Is there any other stories on this?

[phxkiller96]

@primate4 first of all dumass there was no evidence he was selling drugs and dishonor the core fuck you ... people like you pussy how about you enlist and come back the man was a hero and i bet if he was white you wouldnt have said any thing you fucking white trash

[kiddpoor]

Tell those kids their dad was a hero those cops are pigs and traitors to our country..