Man shot, killed by off-duty Dallas police officer who walked into wrong apartment
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/ma.../287-591760228
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Unless she moved in three days ago, how does one walk into the wrong apartment?
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I'm guessing she'll insist the victim became hostile and thus take the "feared for my life" defense. As is usually the case, the only potential witness to that claim is the one who got killed.
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Maybe he mistakenly thought she was his girlfriend and tried to "make love".
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I'm very, very skeptical that this is anything resembling the full story.
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One time I was dressed in full "combats" military gear for halloween, and walked right into a house at the wrong address for a party I was going to.
In my defence the girls texted me the wrong addy (right street but reversed the address house number) ... there were two startled people staring at me ... I quickly realized my error, and excused myself and walked to the correct address. To my knowledge none of us was carrying a firearm :) |
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Her first thought before seeing that it's not her apartment (if that even happened) would have been, "Why the hell is my door unlocked?".
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I guess if you have the wrong apartment and somehow don't realize it, and the door is unlocked when you left it locked, you are suspicious.
But, the moment you open the door you've got to know it's not your home. Did she call in a burglary when she found "her door" unlocked? |
I think if she thought the place had been burgled, she'd have called it in.
So I don't think she believed the unlocked door indicated a burglary. |
Something else happened.
Unless she was intoxicated. |
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Either that or he played really loud music late at night... |
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https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crim...e-headquarters I would imagine that the scenario was something like, "Black guy in my apartment. I fear for my life. Must shoot now!" |
Not sure how it is possible to be this stupid and still manage to function normally up until last night.
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I can't see why either the female cop in question, or the cops who arrived later, would be yelling that? Did the female cop possibly try a key that didn't work and then start trying to get in? |
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Any scenario, even if I factor in "absolute blackout drunk" (which would be weird since the article states she was just coming off a full shift) still can't get beyond that "Forget which apartment is mine" problem and even if I could hit the "I believe" button on that... no scenario still makes sense in my head.
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So the door is locked, this idiot is trying to use the wrong key, and the guy inside probably yells something at whoever is trying to get in.
Officer Idiot then starts yelling for him to "open up". |
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We don't know if there is an elevator or just stairs. An exact address has been given and maybe somebody can check on the number of floors. I think that an apartment building with more than 3 floors must have an elevator but I'm not certain of that code.
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There's still a pretty big air gap from "I mis-identified my apartment" to "Therefore I shot the person in it."
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That happened to me once, when I lived in my old apartment. It helped that mine was the apartment right next to the elevator in a relatively small building (only 4 units per floor), so I had little opportunity to notice any slight differences in the hallway. Of course, I realized my mistake when the door didn't open, I didn't shoot anyone. |
She was drunk? Maybe but...
Is there any kind of police policy that forbids off-duty drinking while wearing your full officer uniform? I don't know the answer at all. |
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"after she tried unsuccessfully to open it."
That's the really worrying bit here. You could maybe see her being startled if she'd just walked in on the guy, but if the door wasn't opening, how the hell did she even get into a position to be able to shoot him? She must have been making active attempts to force the door, or demand he open it, and in that whole time, still never figured out she was in the wrong place. |
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Probably. I was in my 20s, after all. :D |
Reports say she lives a quarter mile from the police station, FWIW.
The incident occurred just after 10pm and maybe her shift ended at 10pm, but we don't know. FWIW. |
Some articles say just after 10pm and some say just before.
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Break the door down and shoot the person inside is not where I'm going. |
Address is 1210 S. Lamar Street, Dallas, TX. The building seems to be 4 floors but I have some doubts about it having an elevator. You can look on street view Google Maps.
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What do you do if you are sitting on your couch and someone starts banging on your door? You go look through the peephole and see who it is as you start to dial 911. Then you see that the person banging on the door is a cop so you open the door to see what the problem is.
****, that is a ****** up way to die in this already ****** up world. |
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