Report: SWAT team shouldn’t have been used in fatal shooting

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A Fairfax County police SWAT unit should not have been deployed the night an officer accidentally shot and killed a Fair Oaks man, according to a report released by the police chief.

The administrative investigation into the Jan. 24, 2006, shooting death of Salvatore J. Culosi found that the tactics used to arrest him weren’t necessary and the policies for the use of high-risk force and special units was inconsistent throughout the department, according to the 27-page report issued Thursday by Police Chief David Rohrer.

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