Tribal cop involved in fatal shooting of teen is also target of another lawsuit
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Killed 17-year-old on reservation
A tribal police officer being investigated for shooting a teenager to death is also the target of a separate probe into a civil rights violation. Norman Boney Junior, 17, also known as "Manny," was shot twice in July by Walker River Paiute Indian Reservation tribal police officer Walter Valline in the Las Vegas town of Schurz. He died at the scene. A later examination showed Boney was hit in the neck and the right side. Valline is being sued for violating the rights of a motorist during a traffic stop in Crescent Valley in August 2003, according to the Lahontan Valley News. The suit alleges Valline assumed the motorist had been drinking and illegally searched his vehicle. The motorist was let go a short time later. Valline was working for the Eureka County Sheriff's Office at the time. [more
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A tribal police officer being investigated for shooting a teenager to death is also the target of a separate probe into a civil rights violation. Norman Boney Junior, 17, also known as "Manny," was shot twice in July by Walker River Paiute Indian Reservation tribal police officer Walter Valline in the Las Vegas town of Schurz. He died at the scene. A later examination showed Boney was hit in the neck and the right side. Valline is being sued for violating the rights of a motorist during a traffic stop in Crescent Valley in August 2003, according to the Lahontan Valley News. The suit alleges Valline assumed the motorist had been drinking and illegally searched his vehicle. The motorist was let go a short time later. Valline was working for the Eureka County Sheriff's Office at the time. [more
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