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FBI to investigate officer-involved shooting of 13-year-old

联邦调查局调查十三岁少年误杀案涉案警察

The FBI says it will conduct an independent investigation¹ into the shooting death of a 13-year-old boy from Santa Rosa, Calif. At the hands of a police officer who mistook his toy gun for an actual assault rifle. NBC’s Miguel Almaguer reports

联邦调查局表示会对加州圣罗莎13岁少年被枪杀案件进行独立调查。一名警察将该少年手中的玩具枪误认为真枪而将其射杀。NBC的Miguel Almaguer报道。

In northern California the FBI is now investigating the fatal shooting by a 13-year-old boy who turned out to be carrying a replica² gun instead of a high powered rifle. Officers say they fear what he was carrying. We get that story tonight from NBC's Miguel Almaguer.

reporter: The call for action has grown louder every day.

There is no justice that can compare to a little boy dying.

reporter: Hundreds of parents and children protesting outside the Sonoma county Sheriff's department in Santa Rosa, California. They are here for 13-year-old Andy Lopez.

He wanted to go to college and have a career. He wanted to do something more and better with his life.

reporter: Last week, Lopez was walking through his neighborhood with what Sheriff's deputies said they thought was an assault rifle. One neighbor spotted³ Lopez just before officers did.

I saw a boy with the rifle in the left hand. I'm telling him, throw that thing away. The police is behind.

reporter: Investigators⁴ say two deputies ordered the teen to drop the gun. Seconds later, an officer opened fire.

The deputy described it as the suspect turned toward him, the barrel was rising up and turning in his direction.

reporter: Andy Lopez was shot seven times. Only after did officers realize the gun was just a replica. At a news conference they displayed Lopez's toy gun side by side with the real one.

As a father of two boys about this age I can't imagine the grief this family is going through.

reporter: What the Sheriff calls a tragic⁵ incident, Lopez's mother calls a brutal⁶ assassination⁷ of her little boy.

He was not a gang member. He was not a criminal. But yet he's dead. Couldn't something else have been done?

reporter: Tonight, a call for justice and a federal investigation under way for a teenager shot and killed on the very block he grew up on. Miguel Almaguer, NBC News, Los

Angeles.

1 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

2 replica   

n.复制品

参考例句：

• The original conservatory has been rebuilt in replica.温室已按原样重建。
• The young artist made a replica of the famous painting.这位年轻的画家临摹了这幅著名的作品。

3 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

4 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 tragic   

adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的

参考例句：

• The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
• Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。

6 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。

7 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。