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.
They are just trying to make sure we know where ordinary citizens stand in the scheme of things.
I’ll admit, that in this case the officer who was shot gets no sympathy from me. I hope the home owner ends up owning the entire city though.
The cop shot the dog first... Owner returned fire...
Had he not shot the dog he wouldn’t be in this mess.
The dog made eye contact. So they shot him. The homeowner then made eye contact. So they shot him. One of the cops couldn't believe it, and made eye contact. So they shot him.
Be sure to install plenty of full length mirrors in your houses. It’s also good for security to install recorders with motion detection next to those mirrors for automatic issuances of warnings against burglars. And always keep your doors locked, of course.
And with any legal luck at all, they will also cost their tax and salary paying public quite a bit by the time this goes in and through the court system and out the county's checkbook.
Be nice if the union picked up some of the legal tab, too. They're all lucky this didn't end much worse than it did, but still...why do they always have to shoot the dog?
Because home intruders NEVER use that trick...
MF g-d death cops better get the right effng house. people will defend themselves against unlawful entry. they have a higher responsibility to get thia shit right or innocent people die for their mistakes. sh1t policing.
When I read it was three cops the first thing I thought of was The Three Stooges. So I went looking for a pic of them dressed as cops.
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That’s funny.
now that's drunk...
IN other articles on this, there was no address given by the caller, just a description, “gray brick home.”
Enter a home uninvited and stop a bullet. Home invaders often shout "police".
I’m not defending any absurd cop invasions of any home, business, or anywhere. Simply pointing out that when there is a “legal” way to get away with bad behavior, it will be taken advantage of. There have been so many exceptions to the Fourth Amendment by SCOTUS, that it is hard to keep up with them .
Well, congratulations on being so quick about it.
Man defending home from invasion. Will he see justice?
It wasn’t even that. The cop was shot by another panicky cop.
Investigators: Georgia officer likely shot by other officers
A "black lives matter" set up.
If cops are this easily tricked, they should be disarmed.
If the threat is real then (Oh Well) at least they didn’t shoot a dog or the wrong person.
Then they can show up after-the-fact and generate an inaccurate report for your insurance company.
Business as usual.
Owner returned fire...
The owner never fired.
Geez... Maybe that police chief will tell his officers to stop shooting a dogs after the workman’s comp claim and the inevitable lawsuit from the homeowner.
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