Jury finds FBI agent not guilty of 2020 Metro shooting in Maryland

A jury on Friday discovered a FBI agent not responsible in reference to the capturing of a Metro practice passenger in 2020 close to Bethesda, Md.

Eduardo Valdivia was using a Pink Line practice close to the Medical Middle station on Dec. 15, 2020, when a person allegedly approached him and requested cash.

Valdivia denied the ask and a confrontation ensued. The person allegedly muttered expletives as he turned away from the agent.

A video of the incident was launched on Wednesday, displaying Valdivia opening hearth on the person from shut vary. The person stumbles and sits in a seat throughout from Valdivia whereas one other passenger leaves the realm. 

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Valdivia and the person appeared to change phrases earlier than the agent reaches for his holster. As the 2 proceed to talk, Valdivia pulls out his gun and shoots the person. 

The agent continued to level his firearm on the man, who stumbled and hunched over earlier than taking a seat. Valdivia remains to be seen talking and gesturing on the man. The opposite passenger then stands up and seems to make a telephone name.

Valdivia then seems to speak to the third man and makes a hand sign for a telephone as he speaks to him. 

The agent continues to carry the gun as he seems to deal with the 2 males. The practice finally involves a cease and Valdivia heads for the exit, motioning for the person he shot to observe him. The person shot finally does observe Valdivia off the practice, strolling slowly and hunched over.

In line with a 911 name launched in 2021, one other passenger informed the operator that the third man approached Valdivia, who warned him to again off. 

Eduardo Valdivia was using a Pink Line practice close to the Medical Middle station on Dec. 15, 2020, when a person allegedly approached him and requested cash.
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The caller mentioned that the third man was able to struggle the agent. The caller mentioned the agent informed the person, “Transfer away, I am an FBI agent. Again away,” and that the agent fired two or three rounds.

Valdivia was charged with tried homicide in 2021 and turned himself in after he was indicted. He was additionally dealing with first-degree assault, firearm use/felony/violent crime and reckless endangerment prices.

After his indictment, a lawyer for Valdivia, Robert Bonsib, urged the agent be given the advantage of the doubt given his regulation enforcement coaching and expertise.

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A video of the incident was launched on Wednesday, displaying Valdivia opening hearth on the person from shut vary.
(AP Photograph/Charlie Neibergall, File)

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“I feel it’s vital to keep in mind that that is an agent who’s used to working in harmful and undercover capacities. He can see physique language because it modifications. He can really feel hazard because it approaches. He can really feel the hazard because it approaches,” Bonsib mentioned in a press release in 2021.

The decision on Friday discovered Valdivia not responsible of all prices.