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Officer Critically Wounded, Dog Killed After Georgia Police Respond to Wrong House
KTLA.com ^ | 9-1-2015 | CNN Wire

Posted on 09/01/2015 7:03:50 PM PDT by servo1969

It started with police going to the wrong house. It ended with a homeowner, an officer and a dog shot.

DeKalb County police were responding to a 911 call about a suspicious person Monday night, the Atlanta-area police department said.

But the caller didn’t give an address for the house where the suspicious person was seen, county public safety director Cedric Alexander said. Instead, the caller described it as a gray-and-brick home.

So three officers went to a house that matched that description near the same intersection, Alexander said. He said they went to the back of a home where they thought a burglary might be occurring.

“Once there at the rear of the residence, they noticed that the screen door was unlocked, and the back door was unlocked,” he said.

Alexander said the officers did identify themselves.

“Shortly after that, within a matter of moments, gunfire took place,” he said. “During this gunfire, a dog was shot and killed inside a residence.”

The homeowner and a DeKalb police officer were both shot in the leg.

“The officer is critical. He lost a lot of blood,” Alexander said. “The homeowner, who was struck in the leg, is also at the hospital as well.”

The police chief said details about how the shooting broke out are under investigation. He said he could not confirm whether one or multiple officers fired shots.

“A lot has yet to be determined here as to what and when shots were fired — how the officer received injuries, how the homeowner received injuries,” Alexander said.

“But we did respond to the wrong resident here tonight. And then these other circumstances unfolded.”

The police chief said he decided to turn the case over to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to ensure an independent probe.

He said all three of the officers who were at the scene will be placed on administrative leave.


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To: servo1969
Dear Popos;

Don't shoot my dawg and we csn talk before going George Hitcho...

21 posted on 09/01/2015 7:42:01 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: Sasparilla

The POTUS have declaired that the cops can make up law on the spot. You, however are required to lnow all of the law. Kool....


22 posted on 09/01/2015 7:45:09 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: servo1969

Good one. How long have you been saving that? Getting in so quick like that?


23 posted on 09/01/2015 7:53:24 PM PDT by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: servo1969
"wrong house" responses quite often go down badly. A couple scenarios could be possible here.

A disgruntled drug informant is getting even with someone.

A "black lives matter" set up.

24 posted on 09/01/2015 7:53:27 PM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: doorgunner69

Well, they’ll have to work it a lot harder-next door neighbor states homeowner was “un-armed” when the Keystone cops entered the residence. Homeowner was shot from behind in leg whilst running out the back door from what he thought was a home invasion. Cop that was shot by fellow cop is still hospitalized in stable condition. Homeowner was treated and released.

This per 10 o’clock Atlanta news...


25 posted on 09/01/2015 7:58:11 PM PDT by snuffy smiff (Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy.)
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To: servo1969

Poodle or pitibull, dogs are fair game to the Po-po.


26 posted on 09/01/2015 7:59:46 PM PDT by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
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To: Chode

From earlier... they had no address, just a street... it was cookie cutter houses, they thought it was a likely one...

The home owner might win the tax recipient lottery, but the (in this case bungling) cops will keep their jobs.


27 posted on 09/01/2015 8:02:07 PM PDT by Ingtar (Capitulation is the enemy of Liberty, or so the recent past has shown.)
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To: servo1969

I find it odd that the dispatcher did not ask the person the address. The caller just can’t say the color of the house. I wonder if the caller is a foreigner (not the band).


28 posted on 09/01/2015 8:02:13 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: Mears

911 call from a cell phone...


29 posted on 09/01/2015 8:03:17 PM PDT by Ingtar (Capitulation is the enemy of Liberty, or so the recent past has shown.)
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To: Ingtar
and the 911 operator didn't ask the house number??? something smells
30 posted on 09/01/2015 8:08:13 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Ingtar

Thanks.

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31 posted on 09/01/2015 8:09:56 PM PDT by Mears
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To: SmithL; Eyes Unclouded; Rodney King; Redcitizen; ellery; dcwusmc; Forgotten Amendments; ...
"Whoops... Sorry, citizen. We thought you were someone else" PING

Click the link to be added to the "Whoops. Sorry, citizen. We thought you were someone else" PING list.

32 posted on 09/01/2015 8:10:45 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: Chode

It was likely called in by someone driving by using their cell phone. They had little to no idea where they were and were miles away before the call even dispatched.

We run calls all the time where they cannot even tell you which direction they are headed or what city they are in.


33 posted on 09/01/2015 8:12:42 PM PDT by Clay Moore (Keep JRandomFreeper in you prayers)
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To: Doomonyou; servo1969; Alaska Wolf; DCBryan1; Slings and Arrows; napscoordinator; Shimmer1; ...

It’s an easy fix: when calls with little to no information like that come in the police should just ignore all of them. Quit responding. Let homeowners and citizens fend for themselves at all costs because the police are unsure which residence they should respond too. If the threat is real then (Oh Well) at least they didn’t shoot a dog or the wrong person.


34 posted on 09/01/2015 8:16:54 PM PDT by brent13a
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To: Sasparilla
"Its a classic law school criminal procedure final exam test question."

Gee, I wonder if they also receive training on PROPER, civil procedure?

For instance, couldn't they have put one cop at the front door and one at the back, then knock?

35 posted on 09/01/2015 8:19:00 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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To: Chode

Heck, you could wind up in the wrong Levittown. There’s one in New York and one in Pennsylvania.


36 posted on 09/01/2015 8:19:25 PM PDT by Flash Bazbeaux
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To: servo1969

You try and stay under the radar and you’re not even safe in your own house.


37 posted on 09/01/2015 8:29:12 PM PDT by Ciexyz
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To: Doomonyou
Poodle or pitibull, dogs are fair game to the Po-po.

Cops spend all that time getting dolled up in their fantasy gear. They just have to kill something to make it seem worthwhile.

Poor pooches' families cannot sue you.............

38 posted on 09/01/2015 8:38:10 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: brent13a

Good idea. Expect homeowers to defend their property. Call for the cops to write up the report.


39 posted on 09/01/2015 8:50:25 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: Mears
They don’t have E911 in the area?

From what I read elsewhere, a woman in the residence called 911 during the shooting. Maybe the guy's wife. A hard telephone line will pinpoint the residence. The original caller called from a cell phone but didn't give an address, and he heard the gunfire down the block from where he called it in. Seems to me that the cops should have found the original caller first and obtained more information before acting like idiots barging into just anyone's house.

40 posted on 09/01/2015 8:56:27 PM PDT by roadcat
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