The police officer could be seen showing the agents where the man’s house was in relation to their location. People gather outside of the Ajo Border Patrol Station to protest the fatal Border Patrol shooting of Raymond Mattia, a Tohono O'odham Nation member who was killed on May 18, 2023, near Ajo, Arizona. The ex-girlfriend reported that she kept hearing shots fired nearby. The man allegedly reported that the woman, who was his ex-girlfriend, and her mom were shot the day prior, according to the video. 'We want justice': Family, friends of Tohono O'odham man protest Border Patrol killing The dispatcher said the man lived on the west side of the recreation center. The Tohono O’odham Nation Police Department had requested assistance from the Border Patrol to respond to a shots fired call west of the Menagers Dam Village, which is about a mile north of the U.S.-Mexico border.ĭuring the call with the Border Patrol, a police dispatcher relayed that a threat was made against a woman from a man she had a restraining order against. Vivian Leigh Manuel joins people gathered outside of the Ajo Border Patrol Station to protest the fatal Border Patrol shooting of Raymond Mattia, a Tohono O'odham Nation member who was killed on May 18, 2023, near Ajo, Arizona.Īgents said Mattia was still breathing and that he had a faint pulse in the video. The machete, which was still in a black sheathe, landed at the officer’s feet. 'My baby brother': Family of Tohono O'odham man speaks out after Border Patrol shooting “Someone did say ‘Raymond,’ and then someone said, 'Get my bag,' and immediately we knew it was him.”īefore he took his hand from his pocket, Raymond Mattia had lobbed a sheathed machete toward a Tohono O’odham Nation Police Department officer as the agents and officer walked toward him. “(Raymond Mattia) calmly said, ‘OK, I'll go talk to them,’ and then two seconds later, that's when I heard all the gunfire,” Annette Mattia said. Raymond Mattia, a Tohono O'odham Nation member, was killed on May 18, 2023, near Ajo, Arizona.Īnnette Mattia, who lived next door to Raymond Mattia, told her brother that Border Patrol agents were heading to his yard after they arrived. Kevin Mattia (right) and Enrique Macias, both nephews of Raymond Mattia, and Annette Mattias, Raymond's sister, gather outside of the Ajo Border Patrol Station in protest of the actions of the agency that led to his death.
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