Police fatally shoot armed homeowner
AURORA, Colo. - An armed resident and an intruder were killed after a home invasion and officer-involved shooting in Aurora, Colorado on Monday morning.
The Aurora Police Department said it arrived at the home shortly after 1:30 a.m. Monday, heard shots fired from inside the home and encountered an armed man.
Police shot the man, who later turned out to be the resident, according to KDVR. The homeowner was taken to a hospital with gunshot wounds where he later died.
When police went inside the home, they found the intruder, who was dead on the bathroom floor. Police said the intruder was fatally shot by the armed resident.
Authorities also found a juvenile, who was taken to a hospital for serious, but non-life threatening injuries caused by the dead intruder, police said.
The identities of the victims will be released by the Adams County Coroner?s Office.
"This is a very heartbreaking and tragic situation for everyone involved," Aurora police Chief Nick Metz said. "We are providing assistance through our victim advocates to help the family of the deceased resident through this very difficult time."
https://fox43.com/2018/07/31/colorado-police-fatally-shoot-armed-homeowner-who-killed-intruder/
The Aurora Police Department said it arrived at the home shortly after 1:30 a.m. Monday, heard shots fired from inside the home and encountered an armed man.
Police shot the man, who later turned out to be the resident, according to KDVR. The homeowner was taken to a hospital with gunshot wounds where he later died.
When police went inside the home, they found the intruder, who was dead on the bathroom floor. Police said the intruder was fatally shot by the armed resident.
Authorities also found a juvenile, who was taken to a hospital for serious, but non-life threatening injuries caused by the dead intruder, police said.
The identities of the victims will be released by the Adams County Coroner?s Office.
"This is a very heartbreaking and tragic situation for everyone involved," Aurora police Chief Nick Metz said. "We are providing assistance through our victim advocates to help the family of the deceased resident through this very difficult time."
https://fox43.com/2018/07/31/colorado-police-fatally-shoot-armed-homeowner-who-killed-intruder/
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did he not stay on the phone with dispatch
did he not give his description and location in the house
was the officer too quick on the trigger
many questions
tragic,,[V][V][:(][:(]0 -
NEVER CALL THE COPS UNTIL THE SHOOTING HAS STOPPED----NEVER CALL THE COPS UNTIL THE SHOOTING HAS STOPPED----NEVER CALL THE COPS UNTIL THE SHOOTING HAS STOPPED----NEVER CALL THE COPS UNTIL THE SHOOTING HAS STOPPED----NEVER CALL THE COPS UNTIL THE SHOOTING HAS STOPPED.
I would not call until the coffee was on and the donuts are on a platter.0 -
Trigger happy, maybe, sad for the owner, BUT if the cops are there and the perp is dead, would not take the firearm outside with me.
Yea, there is so many things wrong here. Sad deal.0 -
Once the threat is over and the cops arrive, PUT THE GUN DOWN! 0 -
A very sad way to give meaning to, "from my cold dead fingers." 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Spider7115
Once the threat is over and the cops arrive, PUT THE GUN DOWN!
When the cops arrive, that's when the real threat begins.0 -
"I would not call until the coffee was on and the donuts are on a platter."
"When the cops arrive, that's when the real threat begins."
BINGO X20 -
quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
NEVER CALL THE COPS UNTIL THE SHOOTING HAS STOPPED----NEVER CALL THE COPS UNTIL THE SHOOTING HAS STOPPED----NEVER CALL THE COPS UNTIL THE SHOOTING HAS STOPPED----NEVER CALL THE COPS UNTIL THE SHOOTING HAS STOPPED----NEVER CALL THE COPS UNTIL THE SHOOTING HAS STOPPED.
I would not call until the coffee was on and the donuts are on a platter.
Putting your gun up would have been a good idea. Armed when the cops arrive is a bad idea.0 -
"Putting your gun up would have been a good idea. Armed when the cops arrive is a bad idea."
Excellent advice IF YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU DON'T HAVE ANOTHER BAD GUY IN THE HOUSE OR NEARBY.
I don't understand how soldiers in combat have rules of engagement but cops are in a free fire zone all the time.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Mobuck
"Putting your gun up would have been a good idea. Armed when the cops arrive is a bad idea."
Excellent advice IF YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU DON'T HAVE ANOTHER BAD GUY IN THE HOUSE OR NEARBY.
I don't understand how soldiers in combat have rules of engagement but cops are in a free fire zone all the time.
Because cops don't answer to the UCMJ. Cops are civilians.0 -
quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
quote:Originally posted by Mobuck
"Putting your gun up would have been a good idea. Armed when the cops arrive is a bad idea."
Excellent advice IF YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU DON'T HAVE ANOTHER BAD GUY IN THE HOUSE OR NEARBY.
I don't understand how soldiers in combat have rules of engagement but cops are in a free fire zone all the time.
Because cops don't answer to the UCMJ anyone. Cops are civilians.
Is that more accurate?
Asking for a friend.0 -
Way too many cops these days that shoot too soon. Should be car salesmen. 0 -
Wrongful death lawsuit to follow. No amount of money will replace the innocent home owner. The taxpayers of the city will be taxed for the "accident". The shooters will be promoted and rewarded financially. 0 -
Just saying Nowhere does it say the Home owners was Armed. Just that he was shot. 0 -
quote:The Aurora Police Department said it arrived at the home shortly after 1:30 a.m. Monday, heard shots fired from inside the home and encountered an armed man.
quote:Just saying Nowhere does it say the Home owners was Armed. Just that he was shot.
The armed man was the home owner.0 -
A little more.....
AURORA, Colo. ? The stepson of the man fatally shot by Aurora police early Monday morning says that he woke up to a chaotic scene that included a naked man choking and biting his 11-year-old son.
Chad Hayashi?s stepfather, 73-year-old Vietnam War veteran Richard ?Gary? Black, was shot and killed by Aurora police in his home at 10609 E. Montview Blvd. on Monday morning.
He said that he woke up to a woman standing in his doorway.
?She starts saying to me, ?My son is on drugs and he has your baby,?? Hayashi said.
He went to the bathroom where he saw the man attacking his 11-year-old son.
?He?s naked and wet and has my son in a choke-hold with his right arm and biting my son?s left ear,? Hayashi told ABC News on Wednesday. ?My son was covered in blood. I jumped on him and got him to release eventually.?
The intruder was identified on Wednesday as 26-year-old Dajon Harper of Aurora, a man who had a lengthy criminal history.
Hayashi said he watched as the Harper started attacking his stepfather and Black used a gun to shoot the intruder in the bathroom.
?My dad exited the bathroom, went around the corner, and I immediately heard multiple shots, which I thought was my dad engaging these other people in the house,? Hayashi said. ?There was a pause, and then I hear people start screaming, ?Police!? and I hear people enter the house. And my son starts screaming, ?I?m here with my dad. This crazy guy tried to attack me.??
?And as I turned the corner, my dad is face down ? and he?s handcuffed. And I reached down and ? I don?t remember if I touched his shoulder or his face ? but he looked at me and I got pushed off by an officer out the door,? Hayashi said.
The police officer who fatally shot Black has not been identified, but police said he also killed a suspect in a shooting in June. Aurora police will hold a press conference about the incident on Thursday afternoon.
https://kdvr.com/2018/08/01/stepson-of-man-killed-by-aurora-police-says-intruder-was-choking-biting-his-11-year-old-son/
Seems there was more than one intruder in the house.
Would you put your gun down?
Shots ring out....then....identify themselves as police?0 -
and then there's this one
https://forums.GunBroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=712758
cops are out of control [V]0 -
"Seems there was more than one intruder in the house.
Would you put your gun down?
Shots ring out....then....identify themselves as police?"
Firing squad for the cop ASAP!!!!!!!!!!! Police are NOT your friend, they don't care who they shoot as long as "they get to go home at the end of their shift".
You've heard about the deer hunter who shoots at everything he sees and walks away from what isn't legal?0 -
In the information I've read at this time I do not know who called the police. The man's stepson did not hear the police identify themselves prior to his stepfather being shot. The home's resident had just been attacked by and killed an intruder that his step son had just pulled off of his own son in what must have been a very chaotic situation. He then step into another room and runs into the police, which he may or may not have known had been called. He knows there is more than one unwanted person in his home. Did he know that was the police or did he think they were more threats?
Bad, bad situation. The man was just protecting his family and died doing it.
The police may not have had a chance to identify themselves before firing. The man may have rounded the corner ready to engage any threats and not knowing they were the police would have moved to do so. He would have had no choice and neither would have the officer.0 -
"He would have had no choice and neither would have the officer." If the homeowner "had the choice", he chose NOT to shoot but the cop didn't exercise that level of self control. 0 -
Only "cops" are supporting this cop murdering the home owner. 0 -
The important thing here is that the cop who shot him got to go home to his family. 0 -
"Only "cops" are supporting this cop murdering the home owner."
The "blue line" has been drawn--it's "us or them" and "them" has the upper hand.0 -
I am thinking it is a toss up,,as to who to be more afraid of....
Cops come in with the aura of "law and order".
I am here to protect you!
Guess that is where "Friendly fire" comes in to play.
Guys,cover your a--,It's scary sh-- out there..0
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