Las Vegas police kill victim of home invasion who called 911 for help
abc7.com
Las Vegas police are investigating a shooting in which an officer killed a victim of a home invasion who had called 911 for help.

Officers showed up at the home and found a man struggling with a woman over a knife. An officer opened fire and struck the man, killing him at the scene. Only later did they discover the man who was killed lived at the home and was struggling to fend off the woman who had broken into his home.

Police say Brandon Durham, 43, had called 911 and reported multiple people outside his home shooting, then told the 911 operator that someone had entered his home through the front and back doors and he was locking himself in the bathroom.

He also told the 911 operator that he was home with his 15-year-old daughter, according to police. Officers kicked open the door after arriving on scene and hearing someone screaming as well as damage to vehicles parked outside the property, police said.

      • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        42·
        1 month ago

        You’re rooting for people who break and enter in occupied dwellings instead of a person defending their home, on a post about the cops showing up and shooting the homeowner who was struggling against a home invader attacking them with a knife? Ooooook.

        • frayedpickles@lemmy.cafeEnglish
          14·
          1 month ago

          Rooting, no, nor did I say so

          However I do hope you have a look at realistic stats on gun ownership, namely that you are in an attempt to compensate for your insecurities making yourself and anyone who lives with you more likely to die. Depending on your age and ethnicity (I’m going to assume 20s and white for now), when you enter your 40s or 50s you are much more likely to use that gun on your temple or as an edible than you are to “defend your home”.

          So…yeah, I hope people like you don’t have kids unless you can sort your emotions out and be a logical adult.

          • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            32·
            1 month ago

            Tired old body shaming won’t get me to surrender to home invaders, sorry but anyone with half a brain can see right through that shameful tactic. Furthermore “People with gun more likely to kill self with gun than people without gun” duh, and people in water more likely to drown than people in the desert, but

            A) Don’t shoot yourself. Problem solved.

            B) If I really wanted to die and didn’t have a gun, I have a half gallon of nicotine suspended in VG I could drink, a bottle of tylenol I could take, and a half bottle of 100 proof whiskey I could polish off on the train tracks within a 5 min walk of me. “Not having a gun” isn’t what’s gonna stop me from killing myself “not wanting to kill myself” is a lot more effective.

            So yeah, mind your own business.

            • frayedpickles@lemmy.cafeEnglish
              12·
              1 month ago

              I don’t know what body shaming you’re referring to, but a mentally unstable person who imagines non-existent threats and loves guns isn’t great. Please stay away from schools.

                • frayedpickles@lemmy.cafeEnglish
                  11·
                  1 month ago

                  So imagined completely fabricated body shaming (literally no idea where you came up with this since nothing in my post mentions your body) and imagined superiority. Plus guns. Great combo. Hopefully we get lucky and you don’t shoot anyone but maybe people closer to you will red flag you.

                  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                    11·
                    1 month ago

                    Keep pretending that “insecurities” isn’t a reference to the most hack, common joke when people want to deride gun owners all you want, but it’s entirely transparent. I really don’t care lol, I’m not the mad one here you are, I’m laughing at you.