A Las Vegas cop was put on administrative leave after he fatally shot a man who had called 911 to report a break-in on Tuesday.
Brandon Durham, 43, called 911 at around 12:40 a.m. to report that people were attempting to break into his home and were firing guns.
Officers found cars with broken windows outside Durham’s property and kicked out the door after hearing screams.
Officer Alexander Bookman, 26, located Durham wrestling a woman, later identified as 31-year-old Alejandra Boudreaux, over the control of a knife.
The officer told the two to drop the knife before firing at Durham. The man fell to the ground before Bookman fired five more shots into his body.
Las Vegas Metro Police Assistant Sheriff Dori Koren said that officers often have to make quick decisions based on how they perceive the threats.
“They don’t have the ability to stop time, and stop the video, and get a still and then spend minutes, let alone hours or days or months, analyzing that information to make their decision,” Koren told reporters.
“They have a matter of seconds, if not split seconds, to make very challenging decisions.”
