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pharmer4
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 Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 7:03 pm Post subject: SWAT raides wrong house, but no-one hit by the gunfire |
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imagine this happening to you - wow, I just could not believe no one ended up dead.
| Quote: | Minneapolis police raid goes awry
MINNEAPOLIS -- Two officers who raided an innocent family's house on a bad tip were shot at and returned fire, but no one was injured, a police spokesman said.
Vang Khang said Monday that he grabbed his hunting gun to protect himself, his wife and his six children when they heard someone burst through the back door early Sunday. He fired three shots, hitting two members of the SWAT team, but they were unhurt because of their bulletproof vests and helmets.
Officers returned fire, but nobody in the house was injured. Police released Khang after taking his statement.
All six of the children, ages 3 to 15, were home at the time.
Lt. Amelia Huffman said the officers went to the house listed on the search warrant, but it turned out the source was wrong.
Seven police officers were put on paid administrative leave as the department investigates, standard procedure when officers are involved in shootings, Huffman said.
Huffman declined to say much about the underlying case but said it was generated by a unit that typically handles drug and gang crimes.
Khang, 34, and his wife, Yee Moua, told reporters Monday night that they thought intruders had broken into their home.
Moua said she was watching television on the main floor when she heard voices and then windows breaking. She ran upstairs to tell her husband.
Khang said he grabbed the shotgun from a closet and fired three shots out his bedroom door. When his sons yelled at him that the intruders were actually police, he put down his gun and put his hands in the air.
"The whole family is badly shaken and still trying to understand what happened," Moua said. She and Khang showed reporters five broken windows and 22 bullet holes. |
source: http://www.miamiherald.com/new.....47943.html
makes you wonder a few pracical things.
like do the police pay for the damage? Do they pay for damage done if they were in the right house?
was there a police captain yelling at the cops like you see in the movies when 2 detectives go off and destroy 30 cars, 2 trucks, and an ice-cream van?
I am just dumbfounded that there were 22 bullet holes in the house, and none in the people. Especially seeing they are swat . . . . you'd think they'd have done damage, unless their training sees them try not to hit people, which would be nice a refreshing.
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Kovacs
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Location: Leeds, UK / Guardamar Del Segura, España / Cayey, Puerto Rico
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| Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 7:26 pm Post subject: Re: SWAT raides wrong house, but no-one hit by the gunfire |
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This is certainly interesting and a scary thought that it could happen to an innocent person, even ending in death of an innocent, yet simultaneously amusing to me.
| pharmer4 wrote: | makes you wonder a few pracical things.
like do the police pay for the damage? Do they pay for damage done if they were in the right house? |
I'm not sure how it works in the USA (nor Australia) but I know in the UK the police do pay for the damage if it is the wrong house or they don't find enough evidence to convict anybody. However, if it is the right house and the arrest/search warrant is for the house owner then that person has the right to claim damages in court, but they are not automatically rewarded to them. Understandably, not many people try claiming damages when they face a hefty prison sentence.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | I am just dumbfounded that there were 22 bullet holes in the house, and none in the people. Especially seeing they are swat . . . . you'd think they'd have done damage, unless their training sees them try not to hit people, which would be nice a refreshing. |
I don't want to detract from the seriousness of this issue but there isn't much to cover besides the obvious. Instead, I would also like to say that I found it almost amusing in a sad and twisted way that a trained team fired 22 shots and managed to get hit twice. Although, I guess there are too many factors to speculate, and the shots fired could have been intended to get him to back down, warn him, hit him in the legs or something else.
Assuming that last comment was sarcastic, I'd say that with their protection from gunfire and the fact that this was a search warrant, it probably didn't justify going for the civilians, and perhaps even the father. After all, surely, they'd have no problems with someone who is relatively unprepared, unprotected, and has a weapon that would help reveal his location. |
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coralvalley
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| Honestly that is a really scary thought that you could just be sitting there minding your own business and simply doing nothing that is unlawful and then you suddenly have a house full of police coming at you. They are extremely lucky that no one was killed especially with the home owner shooting at the people he perceived as intruders. It does seem very strange that they could end up at the wrong house and while I do not know the circumstances behind it, I would imagine if it was simply a typographical error on the end of the court that issued the warrant, then someone is or was probably fired right after that one. Of course they are really not clear on what the situation was of why they were there in the first place or if it was simply an error in mis-communication that brought them to that home in the first place, but wow, what a mess up! I would imagine that the city would be held responsible in that situation for fixing up and paying for the damages that were obtained during that tense and crazy situation in the home. I cannot see how they would not want to compensate the family for that kind of blunder. I would imagine if they did not, then the family would probably very easily be able to get a lawyer who would not only sue the department, but the city as well and that would probably get really ugly, really fast. Still, wow I cannot even begin to imagine how I would react to that. I would probably be frightened out of my mind. At least no one was hurt however and it is good to know that the officers who were shot are still alright. I cannot even begin to imagine what the children in the house must have thought. Talk about a scary movie come to life. That is just awful! |
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