A federal jury in Mississippi has rejected a civil lawsuit seeking money damages from two police officers who fatally shot a man while serving a warrant at the wrong house A judge rejected that argument in 2020, finding constitutional rights apply to “all persons.” The city of Southaven and now-retired Southaven Police Chief Steve Pirtle were dismissed from the case in June after Senior U.S. District Judge Michael P.
Mills found they weren’t liable for the officers’ actions under federal law.
According to a report by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, Lopez and Linares were in bed on July 24, 2017, when officers knocked on the door of their trailer. The officers were intending to serve a domestic violence warrant on a neighbor across the street, but got the addresses confused.
Officers told the state investigators that they knocked on the door without identifying themselves. The door opened, a dog ran out, and Lopez pointed a rifle through the cracked door, officers said. Maze shot the dog and then, in quick succession, Durden fired multiple shots at Lopez. headtopics.com
A third officer on the scene told investigators he heard Durden order Lopez to drop the rifle several times before shooting Lopez.
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A Mississippi jury rules officers justified in fatal 2017 shooting after police went to wrong houseA federal jury in Mississippi has rejected a civil lawsuit seeking money damages from two police officers who fatally shot a man while serving a warrant at the wrong house.
A Mississippi jury rules officers justified in fatal 2017 shooting after police went to wrong houseA federal jury in Mississippi has rejected a civil lawsuit seeking money damages from two police officers who fatally shot a man while serving a warrant at the wrong house
A Mississippi jury rules officers justified in fatal 2017 shooting after police went to wrong houseA federal jury in Mississippi has rejected a civil lawsuit seeking money damages from two police officers who fatally shot a man while serving a warrant at the wrong house
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