Friday, February 21, 2014

BLM says both of its responding officers fired weapons in fatal encounter with pedestrian

Both responding Bureau of Land Management officers fired their weapons in the fatal shooting of a pedestrian last week near Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, the agency said in a 434-word statement today. D’Andre Berghardt Jr., 20, Los Angeles, was shot and killed Friday as he tried to grab a rifle from the car of a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper who had responded to reports of a pedestrian harassing bicyclists on State Route 159 near the Red Rock Canyon Visitors Center. The Highway Patrol on Wednesday identified the trooper as five-year NHP veteran Lucas Schwarzrock. The patrol said Schwarzrock did not fire his weapon. In today’s statement, the BLM did not identify its two officers but said Berghardt actively resisted commands throughout the encounter...more

Sounds like a justified shooting but why did it take the feds six days to get their feces amalgamated and issue a statement? 

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