Las Vegas man who called 911 while fighting off female intruder is killed by police in his own home

A 43-year-old begetter was changeable dormant by Las Vegas police successful his ain location aft calling 911 due to the fact that of an intruder.

Brandon Durham called constabulary aft midnight connected November 12 and said radical had breached into his location and were shooting.

When officers arrived astatine the scene, they recovered Mr Durham struggling to wrestle a weapon from a pistillate with a hoodie.

Bodycam footage released by the section showed serviceman Alexander Brookman, 26, shouting “drop the knife” and instantly opening occurrence connected Mr Durham.

While the begetter was connected the floor, helium was past changeable by Bookman 5 much times.

The serviceman has been enactment connected administrative permission portion an probe is ongoing, said Las Vegas Metropolitan Police.

Police person arrested the pistillate Mr Durham was attempting to instrumentality the weapon from, Alejandra Boudreaux, 31.

At a property conference, Dori Koren, the adjunct sheriff, said Ms Boudreaux and Mr Durham had antecedently been successful a home narration earlier the break-in.

After the shooting, she told the serviceman helium changeable the incorrect person, according to an apprehension report.

Ms Boudreaux told constabulary that her narration with Mr Durham was casual and that they had met precocious connected a dating app. 

According to her apprehension report, she said she was suicidal astatine the clip she broke into the location and wanted to beryllium killed by police, saying: “I wanted the cops to sprout maine dead. And I wanted [Durham] to unrecorded the wreckage that I caused successful his house.”

Mr Durham’s 15-year-old girl was location astatine the clip of the break-in. She told section media she was “disgusted” by the police’s actions.

Lee Merritt, a civilian rights lawyer representing the Durham family, called for an apprehension warrant to beryllium issued for the serviceman who changeable him immediately.

“Brandon was recovered successful his hallway to his bedroom, successful his underwear, asking for assistance portion an assailant attempted to stab him utilizing a ample knife,” Mr Merritt said.

He was not directing deadly unit astatine anyone and determination was nary justification for constabulary to usage deadly unit against him, helium said.

But a lawyer representing the officer, David Roger, resisted the call, saying successful a connection to CNN: “While Mr. Durham’s decease is tragic, Officer Bookman was doing his occupation and did not mean to perpetrate a crime.”