LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — New video launched Wednesday reveals Las Vegas police responding and getting into the house of Brandon Durham, 43, earlier than an officer shot and killed him. In a single video, the officer who killed Durham acknowledges he was on the identical house the evening earlier than and remembered that state of affairs’s “aggressor.”
In a single video, Officer Alexander Bookman, who shot and killed Durham 14 seconds after getting into his house, tells a dispatcher he was there the earlier evening, remembering that decision concerned a tall, Black transgender feminine. The 8 Information Now Investigators first reported that element within the days afterward.
The movies, launched as a part of a information request from 8 Information Now, present officers driving to Durham’s house on Nov. 11 after he known as 911 to report an intruder.
Different radio visitors recorded on officers’ physique cameras reveals Durham relayed to police that at the very least one intruder was already inside his house as police arrived. Video from one responding officer reveals him mentioning a damaged window and brick on the street, main him and Bookman to enter the house.
Bookman broke down the entrance door and 14 seconds later, shot Durham, killing him.
Minutes earlier whereas on the cellphone with a 911 dispatcher, Durham mentioned that he was inside his house along with his 15-year-old daughter and mentioned he was locking himself within the rest room as the 2 folks broke in.
Alejandra Boudreaux, 31, of Seattle, Washington, is accused of breaking into the house and attacking Durham, police mentioned. Within the seconds earlier than the capturing, Durham and Boudreaux struggled over a knife, video reveals.
Brandon Durham, 43, was shot and killed by a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division officer after calling 911 throughout a house invasion. (Durham household)
Metro police launched Bookman’s physique digital camera video within the days after the capturing, which is the division’s customary protocol when investigating officer-involved lethal incidents.
Information the 8 Information Now Investigators first obtained reveal officers, together with Bookman, had been known as to Durham’s house late on the night of Nov. 10 — about 24 hours earlier than the deadly capturing — for a disturbance. Durham, who was not house when he made the decision round 11:30 p.m. on Nov. 10, instructed police his “ex-friend” named “Marie” refused to depart, in keeping with paperwork. “Marie” is Boudreaux’s center identify, in keeping with information.
Information present Bookman was the officer who signed off on the decision, saying Boudreaux finally left the house.
In a single video launched Wednesday, Bookman says over the radio, “Yeah, I was over there yesterday. The aggressor in the situation yesterday was a transgender [black male adult], tall with a black wig.”
Metro management positioned Bookman on paid administration depart pending an consequence of their inside investigation. Durham’s household has known as for Clark County District Legal professional Steve Wolfson to cost Bookman. The investigation remained ongoing as of Wednesday.
Final month, Las Vegas Justice Court docket Decide Amy Wilson set Boudreax’s bail at $1 million on fees together with disregarding the protection of an individual leading to loss of life, and residential invasion. She faces an extra lewdness cost after exposing her breast to an 8 Information Now photographer in court docket.
Nevada state legislation requires police to redact officers’ faces earlier than releasing any pictures or video.
Metro releases seven movies on Wednesday. No video reveals Bookman’s actions within the aftermath of the capturing.
