Shattered and riddled with bullet holes, a home video shows that a van wasshot at several times. The driver, David Sivak, was killed. But what thevideo doesn't show is what some witnesses say led to the shooting. Theysay Sivak tried to run over sheriff's deputy Frank Hicks. The victim'swife say that's not true.
David was shot several times there was one fatal shot but there were othershots into his body.
JoAnn ivak admits her husband may have been drinking and driving, whichmight explain why he sped away from deputies.
Sivak believes her husband was merely scared. She says he didn't want toget a ticket. It's her belief that her husband would have walked throughtheir front door had officers waited for him.
There is still all kinds of evidence, but no one's really sure whathappened. The SBI is still investigating, so they say they can't talk toWRAL. They also won't talk to the family until they're done with theinvestigation.
That's not good enough for Sivak's family. Monday, they took their complaints to the street by picketing in front of the Sheriff'sDepartment. The Sheriff says he wants to get to the bottom of this too, but he's just following procedures.
Until then it looks like Sivak's family must wait for the investigatorsto determine what really happened..
SBI investigators aren't sure when they'll close the case. The Sherifftold us that once those results are in he will then look to see if anychanges need to be made in how his deputies are trained.
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