Father of Chechen killed by FBI travels to U.S. to get 'justice' By Joe Johns and Stacey Samuel, CNN
(CNN) -- The father of a Chechen-American
shot dead by an FBI agent has traveled from
the Russia to the United States, saying he
wants answers to questions he has about the
incident.
Abdulbaki Todashev, the father of Ibragim
Todashev, told CNN on Tuesday he wants to
file a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from
the May 22 shooting at his son's Tampa,
Florida, home.
The elder Todashev was meeting in Tampa with
attorneys and members of Florida's Council on
American-Islamic Relations.
Ibragim Todashev was fatally shot during
questioning about a 2011 triple homicide in
Waltham, Massachusetts, as well as his
relationship with deceased Boston Marathon
bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
Todashev admitted to his direct role in slashing
three people's throats in Waltham and said
Tsarnaev was involved as well, a federal law
enforcement official told CNN in June.
Law enforcement sources have said the son, a
former mixed martial artist, was shot seven
times after he rushed the agent. A law
enforcement official told CNN that Todashev
attacked the FBI agent with a broom handle.
A source said the internal administrative
investigation into the shooting may not be
completed for months.
Abdulbaki Todashev says he is seeking
"justice."
"I want the people to face a court, according
to U.S. law, the people who killed my son,"
said Todashev.
The Russian said his son's killing was an
"unprecedented, intended murder." Authorities
"didn't want him to keep talking, to keep
living."
Todashev said he has not been able to see his
son's autopsy report because the investigation
is ongoing.
Law enforcement sources say the FBI has
requested that the report not be made public
until a customary review of the agent's use of
deadly force has concluded.
The medical examiner's office said the FBI
asked it to withhold the results pending an
investigation.
Todashev declined to say where else he plans
to travel in the United States or when he plans
to leave.
shot dead by an FBI agent has traveled from
the Russia to the United States, saying he
wants answers to questions he has about the
incident.
Abdulbaki Todashev, the father of Ibragim
Todashev, told CNN on Tuesday he wants to
file a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from
the May 22 shooting at his son's Tampa,
Florida, home.
The elder Todashev was meeting in Tampa with
attorneys and members of Florida's Council on
American-Islamic Relations.
Ibragim Todashev was fatally shot during
questioning about a 2011 triple homicide in
Waltham, Massachusetts, as well as his
relationship with deceased Boston Marathon
bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
Todashev admitted to his direct role in slashing
three people's throats in Waltham and said
Tsarnaev was involved as well, a federal law
enforcement official told CNN in June.
Law enforcement sources have said the son, a
former mixed martial artist, was shot seven
times after he rushed the agent. A law
enforcement official told CNN that Todashev
attacked the FBI agent with a broom handle.
A source said the internal administrative
investigation into the shooting may not be
completed for months.
Abdulbaki Todashev says he is seeking
"justice."
"I want the people to face a court, according
to U.S. law, the people who killed my son,"
said Todashev.
The Russian said his son's killing was an
"unprecedented, intended murder." Authorities
"didn't want him to keep talking, to keep
living."
Todashev said he has not been able to see his
son's autopsy report because the investigation
is ongoing.
Law enforcement sources say the FBI has
requested that the report not be made public
until a customary review of the agent's use of
deadly force has concluded.
The medical examiner's office said the FBI
asked it to withhold the results pending an
investigation.
Todashev declined to say where else he plans
to travel in the United States or when he plans
to leave.
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