Posted on 03/15/2010 6:14:42 AM PDT by marktwain
An off-duty Las Vegas police officer shot a home invasion suspect in the leg at the officer's Henderson residence Sunday afternoon.
The suspect was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. The officer was uninjured and has been placed on paid administrative leave.
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Henderson police think the suspect, identified as 38-year-old Carlos Chacon, was fleeing an earlier home invasion in the same neighborhood, department spokesman Keith Paul said.
Police said Chacon and another man, identified as 39-year-old Nelson Abreus-Diaz, broke into a home on the 1300 block of Sun Pillars Avenue, near Stephanie Street and Wigwam Parkway about 2:20 p.m.
A man living at the house was home and talking to a friend on the phone when the break-in occurred. The man's friend called police, Paul said.
When officers arrived, the two suspects jumped out of a rear window and fled on foot, Paul said. Abreus-Diaz was caught by police about 20 minutes later on Stephanie Street.
Chacon broke into a home on the 300 block of Warm Front Street, which was owned by a Las Vegas police officer who was off-duty, Paul said. The officer shot Chacon once in the leg. Chacon was taken to a hospital.
Paul said the two men were armed with handguns.
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I agree, very poorly written. Not a hard story to tell if done correctly.
You know that the media won’t answer that question (were they legal). Gotta be PC you know.
Sentence the officer to 40 hours community service at the range and fine him the cost of the ammunition he burns up. I expect better than a leg shot from a LEO.
Judge Mills Lane (the boxing referee) set the case precedence that is was a completely normal assumption that a person breaking into your home was a deadly force threat.
Civilized. Biblical, as well.
Thanks, but it’s about five miles from where I live. Folks around the Valley are serious about shooting “perps.” Maybe the gangbangers will get the idea.
I’m glad you’re safe!
There are so many handguns in Hooterville that a person would be really foolish to try and rob a place. Chances are excellent that the robbery would be the last he did. Ever.
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