NV - Off-duty police officer accidentally shoots relative in North Las Vegas

Tawny · Dec 31, 2015

http://www.ktnv.com/news/off-duty-police-officer-accidentally-shoots-relative-in-north-las-vegas

"North Las Vegas police reported the female officer was startled and thought the female family member was an intruder when she arrived home 11:30 p.m. Friday in the 3600 block of Kelcie Marie Avenue, near Ann Road and Allen Lane. Both the officer and her husband fired 27 rounds."

Tawny · Dec 31, 2015

That's a lot of rounds.

bluesneakers · Dec 31, 2015

One of their mothers!!!

Lucky she's alive after 27 shots.

EllieBee · Dec 31, 2015

Jeebus Creezy!

27 rounds?

And I don't own a gun because I am afraid I wouldn't react in a manner that would ensure my own safety or that of my family. I feel safer NOT having access to. A gun because I appreciate my own abilities or lack thereof.

But you'd think a LEO would not react like a skittish old lady.

Woodland · Dec 31, 2015

Have to ask - should the mother have had a gun to defend herself?

Tawny · Dec 31, 2015

Woodland said:
Have to ask - should the mother have had a gun to defend herself?

Wouldn't have mattered if she did, would she have expected to need one in a family member's home?

bluesneakers · Dec 31, 2015

Tawny said:
Wouldn't have mattered if she did, would she have expected to need one in a family member's home?

There was once gunplay in my home. Fortunately it was a big house and one shot was enough to frighten both players. If Older Brother had been a better shot and Younger Brother hadn't had a gun I think it would have ended differently.

Sillybilly · Dec 31, 2015

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Trident said:
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Ibiz · Jan 1, 2016

Hopefully next time they'll just call the police, and wait outside.

al66pine · Jan 1, 2016

Article in OP & below = Dec 26. Quick search, no updates. Anyone?
http://www.ktnv.com/news/off-duty-police-officer-accidentally-shoots-relative-in-north-las-vegas

Ibiz said:
Hopefully next time they'll just call the police, and wait outside.

I'm confused, tried to make sense. Who was where?
Were female LEO & spouse outside, & on entering house, thought person already in home (turned out to be 'relative') was intruder?
Or
Were female LEO & spouse inside house, heard noise, thought person (turned out to be 'relative') coming into house was intruder?
Anyone?

CoverMeCagney · Jan 2, 2016

27 shots? How is this woman still alive - they must have been bad shots, or good, depending which way you look at it.... 27 seems excessive, no?

No charges filed? It was "an accident"? Really? Sorry but I think 27 shots being fired in any situation needs to be investigated...

Archangel7 · Jan 2, 2016

So far it looks like it's being treated as an accident. Serious accident regardless.

To put this event into some kind of perspective.......

Last figures I remember seeing on firearm accidents US wide(fatal and non) was 1999/year or about 38 per week.

Last figures I saw on children being backed over with a motor vehicle US wide was 2600/year or about 50 per week. 48/wk injured and hospital treated and 2/wk killed. 70% backed over by parents or a close relative.

The gun data was a claim from a gun control group in Utah I think
The children data was from Kids and Cars.org if I remember correctly.

Tawny · Jan 2, 2016

Archangel7 said:
So far it looks like it's being treated as an accident. Serious accident regardless.

To put this event into some kind of perspective.......

Last figures I remember seeing on firearm accidents US wide(fatal and non) was 1999/year or about 38 per week.

Last figures I saw on children being backed over with a motor vehicle US wide was 2600/year or about 50 per week. 48/wk injured and hospital treated and 2/wk killed. 70% backed over by parents or a close relative.

The gun data was a claim from a gun control group in Utah I think
The children data was from Kids and Cars.org if I remember correctly.

Relevance?

bluesneakers · Jan 2, 2016

Archangel7 said:
So far it looks like it's being treated as an accident. Serious accident regardless.

To put this event into some kind of perspective.......

Last figures I remember seeing on firearm accidents US wide(fatal and non) was 1999/year or about 38 per week.

Last figures I saw on children being backed over with a motor vehicle US wide was 2600/year or about 50 per week. 48/wk injured and hospital treated and 2/wk killed. 70% backed over by parents or a close relative.

The gun data was a claim from a gun control group in Utah I think
The children data was from Kids and Cars.org if I remember correctly.

How old was the child in this case?

Archangel7 · Jan 2, 2016

Tawny said:
Relevance?

It helps look at an event with true perspective.

Archangel7 · Jan 2, 2016

bluesneakers said:
How old was the child in this case?

12 to 23 months if I remember correctly.

bluesneakers · Jan 2, 2016

Archangel7 said:
12 to 23 months if I remember correctly.

No, this was an adult. I was trying to point out children accidentally being backed over by cars can't be compared to someone accidentally shooting an adult relative she thought was an intruder. People accidentally run over kids (I hope the majority are accidents) but the gun didn't accidentally go off.

JMO

Woodland · Jan 2, 2016

Archangel7 said:
It helps look at an event with true perspective.

Perspective is subjective for each individual imo - especially when using some sort of comparison - then the subject becomes very subjective.

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