Published on Thursday, August 21, 2008
By MICHELLE DeARMOND and JOSE ARBALLO JR.
The family of a 29-year-old Soboba tribal member who died in a gunfight with sheriff's deputies has filed a wrongful death claim against Riverside County, arguing the tribal member was unarmed when she was shot and killed.
The claim was received Wednesday by Riverside County officials. The family of Tamara Angela Hurtado brought the claim for unspecified damages and funeral and medical expenses. The family said one or more Sheriff's Department employees used unreasonable and excessive force against Hurtado and that she did not pose a threat at the time of her death.
Hurtado and fellow tribal member Joseph Arres, 36, died May 12 in a shootout on a remote section of the reservation. SWAT officers, who said they were fired upon by Arres or Hurtado, shot the two multiple times.
The shooting came days after the fatal shooting of 26-year-old Eli Morillo, a Soboba tribal member, in a gun battle with deputies. Sheriff's Sgt
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