Las Vegas police kill victim of home invasion who called 911 for help
abc7.com
Las Vegas police are investigating a shooting in which an officer killed a victim of a home invasion who had called 911 for help.

Officers showed up at the home and found a man struggling with a woman over a knife. An officer opened fire and struck the man, killing him at the scene. Only later did they discover the man who was killed lived at the home and was struggling to fend off the woman who had broken into his home.

Police say Brandon Durham, 43, had called 911 and reported multiple people outside his home shooting, then told the 911 operator that someone had entered his home through the front and back doors and he was locking himself in the bathroom.

He also told the 911 operator that he was home with his 15-year-old daughter, according to police. Officers kicked open the door after arriving on scene and hearing someone screaming as well as damage to vehicles parked outside the property, police said.

  • Hacksaw@lemmy.caEnglish
    111·
    12 days ago

    Guy had some violent criminals outside his house trying to break in and hurt him and his family. Calls the cops. Now he’s got an extra violent criminal with a gun who breaks into his house and kills him. Why does anyone call the cops anymore???

    • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.worldEnglish
      19·
      11 days ago

      What else do you do? I get the point but who else deals with that if you can’t? At a certain point you have to roll those dice right?

      • JamesTBagg@lemmy.worldEnglish
        29·
        11 days ago

        But a gun, learn to use it, call a lawyer then cops. Or gamble on the cops and going fisticuffs with a knife like this poor guy did.

        • Snapz@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          11 days ago

          Smash cut to Rambo over here in an actual perceived thread, tripping over his footie pajamas in the dark and shooting himself in the dick with the first bullet and his neighbor in the face with second. Then reveals that the “gang of migrants” “breaking in” was actually just mormon kids knocking on your door to tell you about home pest control service they are also selling on their iPads.

          You secured the perimeter, dipshit.

        • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          6·
          11 days ago

          a bunch of guys breaking into your house and you with one gun will probably have the same outcome

          especially if you store it safely, locked in a safe, unloaded, ammo separate

              • AhismaMiasma@lemm.eeEnglish
                10·
                11 days ago

                Uh, no. Firearms are nearly pointless if they cannot be used.

                Store it loaded in a quick release safe or hidden in such a manner that it will not be accidentally accessed.

                Something like this

                • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                  1·
                  11 days ago

                  per the Justice dept - that is not the “official” advise, but a layman opinion https://www.justice.gov/media/1337981/dl?inline

                  while I understand your emotional reaction in the context of the story, my personal belief is that “well regulated militia” does intend the safe and responsible use of firearms under specific circumstances, and not to be a .44 under your pillow or duct taped to the back of your armchair

                  while it’s not illegal per se, if anyone else picks up your gun not stored correctly you could (depending on the state) be on the hook for illegal transfer of a weapon (+ to a minor if relevant), or brandishment laws.

                  As it’s much more likely that an unstored firearm (quick access safe aside), could be stolen, picked up by someone else, or seen by a visitor (postal worker, jehovas witness, canvasser, guest…) than a full scale home invasion by a militia - it might be worth weighing the likelihood of trying to take down multiple assailants in a firefight against these outcomes

            • Rubanski@lemm.eeEnglish
              3·
              11 days ago

              I thought that you are supposed to leave the chamber empty, preventing accidental discharge?

              • modus@lemmy.worldEnglish
                7·
                11 days ago

                Fair question. Not pulling the trigger prevents accidental discharge.

                Having one in chamber saves time. It’s one less thing to do in a stressful situation when every millisecond counts. If it’s got a safety, train with it engaged and flip it off as part of any exercise.

          • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            6·
            11 days ago

            a bunch of guys breaking into your house and you with one gun

            Welcome to the argument for standard capacity magazines.

          • 4lan@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            11 days ago

            Nice thing about not having children is you can leave your gun loaded with a round in the chamber.

            Just flip it to fire and pull the trigger.

            Anyone not welcome will be put down immediately

      • Freefall@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        11 days ago

        You separate and control both people. You use your police h2h training to deescalate the situation, soak them both in pepper spray or taze them both while you sort out the facts. You get stabbed doing your duty to serve and protect civilians because you knew that is what you signed up for and why police are heroes…

        Oh wait…

      • jagged_circle@feddit.nlEnglish
        7·
        11 days ago

        Personally I blast a monolog sequence from an old mobster movie and then fire blank rounds of a tommy gun

        • ajoebyanyothername@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          11 days ago

          And then give them to the count of 10 to get their ugly, yellow, no-good keister off my property, before I pump their guts full of lead.

            • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              3·
              11 days ago

              You’re rooting for people who break and enter in occupied dwellings instead of a person defending their home, on a post about the cops showing up and shooting the homeowner who was struggling against a home invader attacking them with a knife? Ooooook.

              • frayedpickles@lemmy.cafeEnglish
                1·
                10 days ago

                Rooting, no, nor did I say so

                However I do hope you have a look at realistic stats on gun ownership, namely that you are in an attempt to compensate for your insecurities making yourself and anyone who lives with you more likely to die. Depending on your age and ethnicity (I’m going to assume 20s and white for now), when you enter your 40s or 50s you are much more likely to use that gun on your temple or as an edible than you are to “defend your home”.

                So…yeah, I hope people like you don’t have kids unless you can sort your emotions out and be a logical adult.

                • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                  2·
                  10 days ago

                  Tired old body shaming won’t get me to surrender to home invaders, sorry but anyone with half a brain can see right through that shameful tactic. Furthermore “People with gun more likely to kill self with gun than people without gun” duh, and people in water more likely to drown than people in the desert, but

                  A) Don’t shoot yourself. Problem solved.

                  B) If I really wanted to die and didn’t have a gun, I have a half gallon of nicotine suspended in VG I could drink, a bottle of tylenol I could take, and a half bottle of 100 proof whiskey I could polish off on the train tracks within a 5 min walk of me. “Not having a gun” isn’t what’s gonna stop me from killing myself “not wanting to kill myself” is a lot more effective.

                  So yeah, mind your own business.

                  • frayedpickles@lemmy.cafeEnglish
                    1·
                    10 days ago

                    I don’t know what body shaming you’re referring to, but a mentally unstable person who imagines non-existent threats and loves guns isn’t great. Please stay away from schools.

        • jordanlund@lemmy.worldMEnglish
          5·
          10 days ago

          Removed under rule 3:

          “③ Saying cops ANYONE should be killed lowers the IQ in any conversation. They’re about killing people; we’re not.”

          Shooting at the cops is only going to end one way, you, dead.