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Zyber Selimaj, an Albanian immigrant who makes his living as an ice cream truck driver, cries at his Henderson home while talking about the death of his wife. Deshira Selimaj was shot and killed by Henderson police Feb. 12 at Sunridge Heights and Pecos Ridge parkways, where her husband had been pulled over in his ice cream truck. View photo »
Authorities investigate an officer related shooting, involving two ice cream trucks driven by a husband and wife, at the intersection of Coronado Center Drive and Sunridge Heights Parkway on Feb. 12. HEATHER CORY / HENDERSON HOME NEWS View photo »
Zyber Selimaj reenacts the pose, on his knees with his hands up, that he says his wife Deshira took before she was shot and killed by Henderson Police officers at the scene of a traffic stop near Coronado High School. View photo »
Family photo of Deshira Selimaj, an ice cream truck operator who was shot and killed in an altercation with police on Feb. 12. View photo »
The sandals of Albanian immigrant Deshira Selimaj still sit outside the front door of her Henderson home. Deshira was killed by a Henderson police officer at the scene of a traffic stop involving her husband in his ice cream truck near Coronado High School. View photo »
Zyber Selimaj, sits with his sons (from left) Alban, 11, Azbi, 7, and Arber, 5, at their Henderson home. View photo »
A Valentine's Day card from Azbi Selimaj for his mother Deshira. Deshira Selimaj was killed by a Henderson police officer at the scene of a traffic stop. View photo »
Thu, Feb 21, 2008 (2 a.m.)
In an interview with the Sun, Zyber Selimaj gives a version of the events leading up to the fatal police shooting of his wife that contrasts sharply with that of the Henderson police.
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