- sal culosi met the same fate. >> like john gear, sal sal culosihad been killed. when they went to make an arrest, a s.w.a.t. team arrived with guns drawn. >> just an apology. i want to see an i'm sorry in the office's eyes that killed my son. >> reporter: anita and sal culosi gave this statue to the church in memory of their son salvatore. he was shot by a fair fax county police officer during a s.w.a.t. team arrest. >> every day i have sal in my heart. we have his school ring. >> and you wear black. >> i wear black. >> reporter: they finally settled the case for $2 million. but anita believes if they had kept fighting it might lead to changes could have prevented the police shooting of john gear and another unarmed man. >> when a police officer gets up in the morning, i don't think he says i'm going to go on and shoot somebody. >> reporter: sal is pleased he was asked to be on the commission looking in to police practices. >> police officers are guided in their daily work by the policies that exist that determine their behavior. if we don't change the policies,