If this wasnt a police shooting it would have taken the newspaper 3 seconds to figure out that the gunman was a criminal, not 24 hours. Original Article Deputy perhaps broke law in vet shooting Matt Lait and Lance Pugmire Los Angeles Times Feb. 2, 2006 12:00 AM SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - A San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy who shot a 21-year-old Air Force security officer in an incident captured on videotape appears to have violated accepted police tactics and may have committed a criminal offense, experts in the use of force by police said Wednesday. The experts cautioned that the low quality of the videotape may obscure some important evidence. But what is visible - the image of the deputy firing multiple rounds at 21-year-old Elio Carrion as he appeared to follow the deputy's order to get off the ground - was shocking, they said. "It's a criminal act," said Roger Clark, a former Los Angeles County sheriff's lieutenant who routinely testifies in court as an expert in police tactics. Clark has worked both for police officers and for citizens who have sued the police. "He shot an unarmed man who was complying with his orders."