DA to investigate Cinco de Mayo shooting

DECATUR - DeKalb District Attorney J. Tom Morgan said his office will investigate the death of a Mexican national shot by an off-duty officer at a Cinco de Mayo festival. <br> <br> ``Anytime there is a shooting that involves police, we will investigate it,&#39;&#39; Morgan said. <br> <br> Pablo Gutierrez Pano, 19, was fatally shot by a county police sergeant hired to help provide security at the May 5 festival. Organizers had hired 15 DeKalb police officers and about 30 private guards to control the crowd. About 5,000 attended. <br> <br> Witnesses said two groups of teen-agers got into a scuffle, and when security officers asked them to leave, they crossed the street and started shooting at each other. Gutierrez pointed a handgun at police after being told to stop, DeKalb police spokeswoman Pam Kunz wrote in a statement. <br> <br> Remedios Gomez Arnau, Mexico&#39;s consul general in Atlanta, asked for an investigation after hearing varying accounts from witnesses. <br> <br> ``Our concern is that we have heard two different versions of the event,&#39;&#39; Gomez Arnau said. ``We want an independent investigation to help us find out what really happened.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Morgan has assigned a Spanish-speaking investigator to work with the consulate to interview witnesses again. The officer, who was placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation, has not been identified. <br> <br> Gutierrez came to the area about six months ago from the state of Guerrero and was living with relatives.