The shooting death of Walter Hutchins has quickly drawn attention to the concept of bounty hunters—essentially paid peace officers—who have often flown under the radar, even as killer cops have faced harsh, sustained scrutiny across the country.
—showed otherwise. Specifically, he suggested the men did not announce themselves before they started shooting and that they were wearing normal street clothes.
he would have handled the attempted arrest differently—including by starting off the encounter with a clear indication he was a bounty hunter. But Hilliard, who was also present at the Tuesday press conference, argued early evidence suggests that the men did not follow state procedures during the incident that left Hutchins “dead in seconds.” Police say that he was rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.that “their bounty was contingent on them doing the arrest,” even if that meant waiting and surveilling Hutchins for hours instead of calling local authorities and having them execute the arrest themselves.
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