A Las Vegas man was shot and killed by police after calling for help during a home invasion, per PEOPLE.
On Tuesday (November 12), 43-year-old Brandon Durham called 911 to report that two people were shooting into his home, where he lived with his 15-year-old daughter, and attempting to break in.
Durham later told 911 dispatchers that the suspects had entered his residence, and he planned to lock himself in the bathroom.
Three Las Vegas Metropolitan police officers responded to the scene and kicked the door open to Durham's home.
Officer Alexander Bookman spotted Durham and a suspect, who has been identified as Alejandra Boudreaux, "struggling over a knife" in the doorway of a bedroom, Assistant Sheriff Dori Koren said in a statement.
Bookman ordered the two to drop the weapon before opening fire. The officer's shots hit Durham, causing him and Boudreaux to fall to the ground, body camera footage shows. Bookman then shot Durham several more times as he lay motionless on the floor.
Durham was pronounced dead at the scene. Boudreaux was arrested and charged with home invasion with a deadly weapon; assault with a deadly weapon, domestic violence; child abuse, neglect or endangerment; and performance of an act in willful or wanton disregard of the safety of persons resulting in death.
Koren said investigators believe Durham and Boudreaux knew each other, noting that the incident “was not a random act of violence."
“The loss of life in any type of incident like this is always tragic,” Koren said in a statement. “And it’s something we take very seriously.”
Durham’s 15-year-old daughter, Isabella, said she was “disgusted with the Metropolitan Police."
"The violence that occurred here was under someone who was extremely, extremely angry and extremely violent,” Isabella said in a statement. “And I am disgusted in how the Metropolitan Police told my father, after killing him, to stay down. Knowing, treating him like he was the suspect in the situation, he was the victim, and I'm disgusted that the Metropolitan Police will allow me to live fatherless for the rest of my life.”
A GoFundMe campaign was launched to raise money for Durham's funeral expenses.
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