Police Radio Traffic Played Deputy Gives Wrong Location Three Times

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SAN BERNARDINO - The former San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy on trial for shooting an unarmed man at the end of a high- speed car chase repeatedly gave his colleagues wrong information about his whereabouts, making it difficult for backup officers to find and assist him, according to a recording of police-radio traffic played in court Thursday morning.

Prosecutors contend the police dispatch recordings are an example of how Ivory J. Webb Jr.'s actions and mistakes that night in January 2006 led to the unnecessary shooting of Elio Carrion, an Air Force senior airman who was home on leave.

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Police Radio Traffic Played Deputy Gives Wrong Location Three Times

On the recording, Webb is heard giving dispatchers at least three wrong locations as he held Carrion at gunpoint.

It wasn't until after Webb shot Carrion that he finally told fellow officers where to find him.

"Ivory, you have to give us a better (location)," a colleague called out to him over the radio.

"Francis...

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