Officers kill man with no active warrants at wrong house
SOUTHAVEN, MS (WMC) - Documents show that Southaven officers went to the wrong house to serve a warrant on Monday, which resulted in the shooting death of a man who did not have any active warrants out for his arrest.
A warrant out of Tate County shows Samuel Pearman was wanted for domestic assault. But, when Southaven officers arrived on Surrey Lane to arrest Pearman, they did not show up to the correct house.
Instead, officers missed their target by 36 feet. Those 36 feet made all the difference to Ismael Lopez and his wife.
"Someone didn't take the time to analyze the address," attorney Murray Wells, who represents the family, said. "This is incredibly tragic and embarrassing to this police department that they can't read house numbers."
Wells pointed out that the house officers should have gone to, the one where Pearman was located, had a large 'P' on the door. While officials sort out what happened, the man they were looking for took to social media.
Chiffley on July 26th, 2017 at 06:08 UTC »
I will never understand why no knock raids are allowed in a country that also allows citizens to own firearms and protect their homes with deadly force
Like you'd think it would be common sense that these two things don't work together
Drumlin on July 26th, 2017 at 03:33 UTC »
The initial P, for Pearlman who was the target of the warrant...was on his front fucking door. Across the street.
This is like something out of a bad TV show...
imbaker on July 26th, 2017 at 02:54 UTC »
I remember something like this in Atlanta a few years back. Cops went to wrong house. Busted in with no knock or announcement. Scared the shit out of poor old lady who shot at them thinking they were criminals. Killed her. Then attempted to make a huge elaborate cover up. edit wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Johnston_shooting