Pasco Shooting Officer Dragged Zambrano-Montes From Burning House in January

According to the Associated Press, one of the officers involved in the fatal shooting of Antonio Zambrano-Montes February 10th was responsible for saving his life in January.

The Associated Press obtained documents through a freedom of information act, and found that Officer Adam Wright had dragged Zambrano-Montes, who was in a "meth-addled trance" from a burning home in Pasco.

According to the AP, the documents shed new light on the erratic behavior of the man who was fatally shot after throwing rocks are cars, passersby and Pasco police on the corner of 10th and Lewis.

The documents indicate two officers were struck with rocks, one of them the size of a softball, and they had no choice but to use deadly force.  Police had tried to Tazer Zambrano-Montes, but he just pulled the barbs out of his arm and continued to resist.

He was fatally shot after running from officers, as he suddenly turned towards them.

Several weeks earlier, a house Zambrano-Montes was living in caught fire and officers and first responders pulled him to safety. As the AP report indicated, officers found Zambrano-Montes under the influence of methamphetamine, and would likely perished had Wright not pulled him out.

A year earlier, in January 2014, Zambrano-Montes wrestled and resisted officers who responded to a report of him walking through a Pasco neighborhood, hitting cars with a broom.  Zambrano-Montes was found standing on the front porch of a home, began throwing objects at the two responding officers, including a mailbox.  When he attempted to flee and the officers detained him, he tried repeatedly to grab one of their guns.

He later admitted to the officers he had been using meth earlier that evening.   Zambrano-Montes' wherabouts were not known for several weeks between the January house fire and his fatal shooting.