I was basing that off of this passage: “Simpson said this morning that as police prepared to approach an apartment to execute a search warrant that a man from a nearby apartment emerged with a handgun.”
From the pictures of the victim’s house, it doesn’t look like it is a single family residence. Yards aren’t fenced, and are probably communal propert. It looks like an apartment type layout - central sidewalk leading to multiple buildings.
So the cops using the backyard is a little more understandable (but why wouldn’t you let folks know what’s going down in order to avoid something like this?)
What I can’t see is if each of these buildings has a central hallway from front to back with individual apartments off of that hallway (the picture with the car parked by the door seems to say ‘No” - but how did that car get there? Were is it in the other photo?). But that’s the only thing that can avoid the conclusion that at least one LEO was WAY out of line.
One thing I can say with complete confidence - this is a HORRIBLY written story. More clarity, better photos would inform the public. Doesn’t the phrase about the LEO walking through the house just scream for more information? A mildly competent reporter would provide that information, so we aren’t left to speculate how it is that a policeman walks uninvited though somebody’s home. If the LEO did, indeed, walk through the kitchen and living room to get from the back to the front as the story implies - wouldn’t this be the FIRST question even a minimally qualified reporter would ask the police: “What was an officer doing inside that house without invitation or warrant?” This piece seems intended to imflame.
Apparently you and I are seeing the same things..........
Yes I saw that also. I do not know of to many apartments that have attached and unattached garages. A close up view on google shows the garages. I think this is one of the planned communities that have either townhomes or condos, does not look like apartments to me.