`` I ask myself why they shot me first , '' Roy Middleton tells CNN in an exclusive interview . Middleton , 60 , is still angry about being shot by Escambia County sheriff 's officers . he said . He says he was unarmed and that the deputies were justified when they fired at him because of his race. The deputies are on leave ; Middleton is preparing a civil lawsuit , his lawyer says .
`` I ask myself why they shot me first , '' Roy Middleton tells CNN in an exclusive interview . Middleton , 60 , is still angry about being shot by Escambia County sheriff 's officers . He says he was unarmed and that the deputies were justified when they fired at him because of his race. The deputies are on leave ; Middleton is preparing a civil lawsuit , his lawyer says .