KHQ has confirmed the man who shot and killed Kittitas County Deputy Ryan Thompson and wounded Kittitas Police Officer Benito Chavez was unlawfully in the United States.
KHQ researches the backgrounds on all homicide suspects and while researching the background of the man who shot and killed Deputy Thompson and wounded Officer Chavez, we reached out to ICE.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed Juan Manuel Flores Del Toro entered the United States on April 11, 2014 through a Laredo, Texas Land Port of Entry on a Temporary Agricultural Worker visa.
"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has no record of Flores Del Toro leaving the U.S., nor extending his visa after it expired.” the agency told KHQ on Thursday.
Shooting happened this past tuesday .. Officers down.
Shooting happened this past tuesday .. Officers down.
Kittitas County Deputy Ryan Thompson was shot and killed following a pursuit Tuesday night.
The initial call came in as a road rage investigation. Once the suspect was located, Deputy Thompson and Kittitas Police Officer Benito Chavez pursued the suspect.
Security camera footage shows that once inside a trailer park in Kittitas, the unidentified suspect reached a dead end, stopped his car and came out firing at Deputy Thompson and Officer Chavez.
Radio dispatch communication pieces together the events that led up to the pursuit, the call for help after shots were fired, and the rush to render aid to the wounded law enforcement officers.
The video attached to this article contains audio from the beginning of the call to the end, about 30 minutes in total. The video attached contains portions of that 30 minute piece of audio, along with security footage from one of the trailers in the park.
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