Agents shot Raymond Mattia several times after he took his hand out of his jacket pocket.
Bodycam footage of Tohono O'odham man shot and killed by the Border Patrol on May 18, 2023.Raymond Mattia had tossed a sheathed machete in front of a Tohono O’odham Nation Police Department officer as Border Patrol agents and a police officer approached and moments before he was shot and killed.
Agents told Mattia to get his hands out of his pockets before they began shooting. Agents shot Mattia through and over a rudimentary fence made out of sticks and barbed wire, which separated the agents from Mattia and his house behind him. Annette Mattia, who lived next door to Raymond Mattia, told her brother that Border Patrol agents were heading to his yard after they arrived.
During the call with the Border Patrol, a police dispatcher relayed that a threat was made against a woman from a man she had a restraining order against. The dispatcher said the man lived on the west side of the recreation center.The man allegedly reported that the woman, who was his ex-girlfriend, and her mom were shot the day prior, according to the video. The ex-girlfriend reported that she kept hearing shots fired nearby.
An agent can be seen taking a rifle out of a Border Patrol truck in the video and putting it across his body.
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