FBI INVESTIGATES FATAL SHOOTING IN MEMPHIS BY BARTLETT POLICE

The FBI is investigating the fatal shooting of a North Memphis man by
a Bartlett police officer, Memphis Police Director Larry Godwin told
the City Council on Tuesday.

"I want you to know MPD has received notification that the FBI has
launched an investigation," Godwin said with no further comment.

Bartlett Police Chief Gary Rikard said his department was notified
Tuesday that the FBI was investigating the shooting. Rikard declined
any further comment other than to say his department would cooperate
fully with the investigation.

Rikard said recently that officer Patrick Cici has returned to duty
with the narcotics division and has been cleared of any departmental
violations.

Memphis homicide detectives and the District Attorney General's
Office already had determined they would not pursue criminal charges
against the detective, saying he acted in self-defense.

Cici was part of a narcotics team that went to Malcolm Shaw's house
with a search warrant in the midmorning hours of March 11 to look for
marijuana, drugs or drug paraphernalia.

Details from a confidential informant led Bartlett officers to the
residence at 1346 Standridge.

Bartlett police said officers knocked on the door and identified
themselves twice before forcing their way in. Officers said Cici shot
Shaw as Shaw came out of a back room.

Rikard issued a letter with the department's internal investigation
report stating that Shaw "did aggressively approach Detective Cici,
while pointing a handgun at Detective Cici. One round was fired by
Detective Cici, thus ending the threat to him and his team."

An autopsy report by the Shelby County Medical Examiner's Office
showed Shaw died from a single gunshot wound to his chest. Toxicology
reports indicated cocaine and marijuana were in Shaw's system when he was shot.

A 9mm handgun was recovered from the scene. Documents from the
internal investigation state Cici fired his Sig Sauer .357-caliber
handgun eight to 10 feet from Shaw.