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7th September 2018, 05:48 AM | #1 |
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Man shot, killed by off-duty Dallas police officer who walked into wrong apartment
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7th September 2018, 06:00 AM | #2 |
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Unless she moved in three days ago, how does one walk into the wrong apartment?
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7th September 2018, 06:04 AM | #3 |
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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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7th September 2018, 06:18 AM | #5 |
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Maybe he mistakenly thought she was his girlfriend and tried to "make love".
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7th September 2018, 06:21 AM | #7 |
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7th September 2018, 06:21 AM | #8 |
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7th September 2018, 06:28 AM | #10 |
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I'm very, very skeptical that this is anything resembling the full story.
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7th September 2018, 06:30 AM | #11 |
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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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7th September 2018, 06:34 AM | #14 |
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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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7th September 2018, 06:38 AM | #15 |
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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? |
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7th September 2018, 07:12 AM | #17 |
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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. |
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7th September 2018, 07:15 AM | #18 |
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Something else happened.
Unless she was intoxicated. |
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7th September 2018, 07:24 AM | #20 |
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More here:
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!" |
7th September 2018, 07:33 AM | #21 |
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Not sure how it is possible to be this stupid and still manage to function normally up until last night.
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7th September 2018, 07:41 AM | #24 |
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This is unconfirmed, but that may have happened here...
Originally Posted by St. Lucia Times
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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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7th September 2018, 07:49 AM | #26 |
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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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7th September 2018, 08:00 AM | #27 |
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Multiple identical floors, press the wrong button in the lift while drunk (having necked a few on the way home), get off at the wrong floor but go to the "right" apartment? If, for example, she lives in 806 and the shooting happened in 506, that might make some kind of sense.
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7th September 2018, 08:07 AM | #28 |
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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. |
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7th September 2018, 08:16 AM | #31 |
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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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7th September 2018, 08:19 AM | #34 |
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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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7th September 2018, 08:21 AM | #36 |
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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. |
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Some articles say just after 10pm and some say just before.
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7th September 2018, 08:27 AM | #38 |
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Yeah. I've been trying to think of an instance of "tried the door on the wrong floor of an apartment building" that I've been in. I don't know if I have, but I'm thinking my response is, put the key in, it doesn't turn, I try to figure out why, I look at the apartment # and slap myself in the head and quietly move on, hoping that I didn't disturb anyone and that no one sees me.
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7th September 2018, 08:33 AM | #39 |
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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.
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