LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Prosecutors launched proof to a Clark County grand jury in a possible case towards a police officer who shot and killed a house owner, the 8 Information Now Investigators have discovered. Sources mentioned grand jury proceedings started and are anticipated to proceed.
Las Vegas Metro police officer Alexander Bookman shot and killed Brandon Durham, 43, final November, 14 seconds after getting into his house. Durham referred to as police to report an intruder. Bookman shot Durham seven instances.Police recognized that intruder as Alejandra Boudreaux, 31. Within the seconds earlier than the taking pictures, Durham and Boudreaux struggled over a knife, video exhibits.
Data the 8 Information Now Investigators first obtained reveal officers, together with Bookman, had been referred to as to Durham’s house late on the night of Nov. 10 — about 24 hours earlier than the deadly taking pictures — for a disturbance. Durham instructed police an “ex-friend,” later recognized as Boudreaux, refused to go away.
Brandon Durham, 43, was shot and killed by a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division officer after calling 911 throughout a house invasion. (Durham household)
Data present Bookman was the officer who signed off on the decision, saying Boudreaux ultimately left the residence, paperwork mentioned.
Durham’s household filed a wrongful dying lawsuit towards Bookman and the division in April.
Grand jury proceedings, the method the place prosecutors search an indictment, are stored secret, and usually embrace witness testimony and proof, like images and movies. The grand jury then decides if legal expenses are warranted.”While Mr. Durham’s death is tragic, Officer Bookman was trying to eliminate a threat and did not commit a crime,” David Roger, who represents Bookman via the Las Vegas Police Protecting Affiliation, beforehand instructed 8 Information Now. “We have faith in the criminal justice system and look forward to a fair result.”
In December, a grand jury indicted Boudreaux on 4 felony expenses, together with house invasion with a lethal weapon. Boudreaux confessed to breaking into the house, saying she supposed for police to kill her, in line with courtroom paperwork. She remained in custody Monday on $1 million bail.The division positioned Bookman on routine paid go away pending their investigation. Its coverage is to not touch upon pending litigation.
