PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The brother of a man shot dead by police on a busy stretch of Interstate 95 in Rhode Island says the officers were “trigger happy” and “screwed up” when they shot him.
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Lucas Tiberio tells The Providence Journal that he thinks his 32-year-old older brother, Joseph Santos, was scared after turning a corner in his life.
Santos was driving a white pickup truck Thursday when he led police on a high-speed chase through Providence. At the time, police were looking for another man who had stolen a state police cruiser, and had a report that the man was seen getting into the bed of a white pickup.
It’s not clear why Santos fled.
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Police have said the shooting was justified because Santos was putting lives at risk by ramming cars on the highway.
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