A Benbrook female declares a law enforcement officer, who was performing an examine a man’s home and fired his weapon in defense, might have killed her child.
The Benbrook Police Department received a call at around 6:40 a.m. on Tuesday early morning from a man who ran out town. The man informed cops that his security system had actually taped somebody “snooping” around his home at around 2:00 a.m.
The man likewise said he saw somebody in his driveway, and his movement detector triggered his security light, according to cops.
According to what the property owner informed cops on the call, when the security light began, the man who was seen in his driveway escaped.
An officer was sent to the home and ran an examine the license plate of the car in the driveway. The license plate did not match the property owner’s info or address, according to cops. Police discovered that the license of the car was linked to a residence in Haltom City.
The officer went to the yard of the man’s house, which is regular for cops when searching the border of a home to make certain it was not gotten into, cops informed the Star-Telegram.
The back entrance was open by about a foot, the officer discovered. The officer required backup and was waiting with a weapon drawn, “thinking that someone may have broken into the house,” cops said.
A female — who police later on found was the sweetheart of the property owner — pertained to the door. The sweetheart’s dog, a German shepherd, likewise came out, according to cops
The officer was chewing out the dog, according to cops.. The officer fired his weapon as the dog came “hard and fast” towards him, according to cops.
The mom of the sweetheart, Cristy Moya, declares her child — determined as Andrea Escobar in a Facebook post — remained in “her own home” which she didn’t see anybody so she headed out the back entrance and “the cop started shooting at them.”
“The officer was simply trying to protect himself from the dog,” Benbrook Chief of Police David Babcock informed the Star-Telegram.
Police might not validate if Escobar resided in the man’s home, however she existed with the property owner’s consent.
“Shot Max the German Shepard 5 TIMES!!!,” Moya said in the post. “Andrea didn’t get shot but was thrown on the ground and handcuffed.”
Police informed the Star-Telegram that Escobar was handcuffed so cops might perform an examine your house and make certain she had actually not broken in, however was not tossed on the ground, as Moya declared.
Moya likewise said in the post: “This officer has to be charged with attempted murder. Andrea could have been killed today.”
“We told the family today that we are handling the vet bills. We’re trying to do everything we can to make this right,” said Babcock.
The dog did not catch the gunshots and was dealt with for his injuries.
Officers were not conscious that Escobar was inside the home at the time, according to cops. Her existence was not pointed out by the property owner when he called cops about somebody “snooping” in his driveway, cops said.
The Benbrook Police Department is performing an Internal Affairs Investigation. The officer who reacted to the home is not on administrative leave.
