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Safety Concern: ICE Agent in Shooting Goes Into Hiding With Family

May 05, 2015, 6:25 AM

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Mitchell Quinn, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, who fatally shot a 20-year-old man in Detroit last week, has moved out of his house with his family, and they are in hiding out of concern for their safety, WXYZ reports.

David Griem, a high-profile attorney for Quinn, tells WXYZ's Heather Catallo that the family will remain in hiding until the investigation into the matter is finished and he is cleared. The agent has three young children.

Griem said the shooting was justified. Quinn, an African American, who was part of a fugitive task force,  fatally shot Terrance Kellom, who was wanted for armed robbery and a gun charge.

Griem says Kellom came at the ICE agent with a hammer.

"He had the hammer raised above his head in a threatening fashion," Griem told WXYZ. "He and agent Quinn were within a foot of each other. Agent Quinn backed off, ordered the individual to drop the hammer and raise his hands."

Griem said instead of doing that, Kellom chose to attack Quinn.

"Officer Quinn fired one shot as he backed up, hoping it would stop Mr. Kellom," Griem added. "It did not, Mr. Kellom continued toward agent Quinn."

He said that's when Quinn fired more shots.

Kellom's father has insisted that his son did not have a hammer, and there was no justification for the shooting.

Griem questioned the honesty of the family and the integrity of the attorney they hired.

"Our sorrow goes out to the Kellom family, but at this time, it seems to me that the Kellom family is -- what they're doing and what they're saying is being suggested to them by an ambulance chasing lawyer who is trying to turn this into a significant civil suit," Griem said.

 


Read more:  WXYZ


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