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Salvatore J. Culosi

United States · Aged 37 · Died 01/24/2006
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Salvatore Culosi, an optometrist was under investigation for gambling after being convinced to place increasingly higher bets by an undercover detective. On the night of January 24, 2006 Culosi met with the undercover detective to collect his winnings. Despite being unarmed and with no history of violence, the SWAT team was ordered to arrest him. One SWAT team member, Deval Bullock discharged his weapon once upon exiting his other, shooting Culosi through the heart. Bullock was not charged with any crime, however he was suspended for 3 weeks and demoted from the SWAT team. The Culosi family later accepted a $2 million settlement in their lawsuit against Bullock.

Alleged responsible partyFairfax County Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.

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