Mexican consulate seeks report on Cinco de Mayo death

DECATUR - Mexico&#39;s consulate has asked DeKalb County police for the official report on the death of a 19-year-old Mexican national who was shot by an off-duty officer at a Cinco de Mayo festival. <br> <br> The county police sergeant said Pablo Gutierrez pointed a handgun in his direction after a violent altercation between two groups at Sunday&#39;s festival, which drew thousands of people to a shopping center. <br> <br> The officer, who had been hired to help provide security, was placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation. He was not identified. <br> <br> Witnesses said the 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. <br> <br> Mexico&#39;s consul general in Atlanta, Remedios Gomez Arnau, said Gutierrez came to the area about six months ago from the state of Guerrero and was living with relatives. <br> <br> ``They came here very early in the morning to ask for our help to send the body to Mexico,&#39;&#39; she said Monday. She said the consulate wanted the report of the investigation by the police internal affairs division. <br> <br> The manager of the shopping center, Arturo Adonay, said the festival drew about 5,000 people. <br> <br> He said organizers had hired 15 DeKalb police officers and about 30 private guards to control the crowd.