Robert MacLean, chief of the U.S. Park Police, said he asked the FBI to take over the investigation of a Park Police officer-involved shooting “in the interest of objectivity.” (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)On Friday, one or two U.S. Park Police officers shot a man in Fairfax County. We do know that there is video of the incident, recorded by two in-car cameras by Fairfax County police, and two Fairfax officers witnessed the shooting, the Fairfax police chief said Wednesday. We know there is a non-police witness to the shooting, which happened after a pursuit by Park Police for several miles. She said that since Park Police are federal law enforcement, employed by the National Park Service, it was appropriate for the FBI to investigate. He declined to expand on when or why the Park Police relinquished their investigation of the shooting.

Source: Washington Post November 22, 2017 21:58 UTC