A person accused of capturing three D.C. cops who had been attempting to serve him a warrant on animal cruelty prices confronted eviction after his dogs menaced a 2-year-old, in response to his landlord’s account in court docket paperwork.
Stephen Claude Rattigan, 48, was arrested after a 13-hour standoff that started when he opened fireplace on officers at his home within the 5000 block of Hanna Place SE early Wednesday, police say. Authorities initially gave a special title for the suspect however on Thursday morning mentioned that Rattigan had supplied a pretend title.
The wounded officers had been launched from the hospital on Thursday, and a crowd applauded as they left.
Charges for the officers’ capturing are pending.
Rattigan’s landlord was attempting to evict him for failing to take away dogs from his home, court docket paperwork present.
Twenty grownup dogs and 11 puppies had been taken from the home after Rattigan was arrested Wednesday night. Three Humane Rescue Alliance vans had been used to move them.
Suspect accused of punching canine six instances
Police initially went to Rattigan’s home with a warrant to arrest the suspect in an animal cruelty case after an officer investigated a neighbor’s grievance in January.
When the officer went to the home on Hanna Place, it smelled like urine and feces, the officer wrote within the paperwork.
The involved neighbor confirmed the officer a video that led to the animal abuse cost.
In court docket paperwork, the officer mentioned the video reveals two of the dogs approaching a baby “in an excited and friendly manner,” and an grownup calmly selecting up the kid.
The suspect “then enters the picture… and approaches one of the dogs, grabbing it and pulling it away from [the adult] and child. The dog stays, cowering from [the suspect]. [The suspect] then proceeded to punch the dog in the face six time, causing the dog to yelp each time,” the officer wrote.
A second canine close by was not concerned within the incident, the paperwork mentioned.
A warrant for animal cruelty was issued underneath an obvious alias that Rattigan used.
“I’m grateful, I’m really grateful to the police department that they didn’t shoot him and kill him,” mentioned Tammy Alexander, who lives two doorways down from the suspect.
“I have said hi, bye to this guy with the dogs. We kinda feared the dogs, but other than that, there was no problem. He was a very nice guy,” she mentioned.
Shooting shocks Southeast DC neighborhood
A Humane Rescue Alliance worker was with police when officers tried to serve the warrant however was not damage, the group mentioned. It’s unclear if anybody else was injured.
One D.C. police officer was shot within the hand, authorities mentioned. Another was shot within the foot or leg, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela A. Smith mentioned. The third officer was struck twice, however his ballistic gear stopped the bullets, D.C. Police Union Chairman Greggory Pemberton mentioned.
The officers had been “in good spirits” and recovering from their accidents, Smith mentioned Wednesday afternoon.
Investigators had been seen walking out and in of the home Thursday morning. Bullet holes had been seen within the entrance door, and yellow police tape was stretched throughout Hanna Street.
The gunfire upended each day life within the neighborhood close to the border with Maryland. A swarm of police autos shut down a number of metropolis blocks.
“When I say loopy, I imply loopy. I got here home they usually had each road blocked off,” Grace Bell, a resident on Hanna Place, mentioned.
She needed to park her automotive farther from her home than common due to the police response.
“I was shocked this happened on the block, but this is just something we deal with around here. We always hear gunshots. But to see the police presence, I knew it was something serious,” Bell mentioned.
“This is a magnitude of police automobiles I’ve by no means seen in my life,” one girl mentioned.
Young kids had been shuttled into faculty by cops and a number of colleges had been placed on lockdown because the suspect fired at regulation enforcement once in a while whereas he was barricaded inside his home.
“I’m outraged because my son goes right here to this school. I was coming to take him to school and wasn’t able to get through and I’m just like … I’m shocked. I’m really shocked,” one other girl mentioned.
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