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(NSFW) Suspect Shot 6 Times After Drawing Gun Against Pursuing Officers
Published 2 years ago
Body camera footage released by the Mesquite Police Department, shows the moments officers shot at an armed suspect observed disassembling door hinges from an apartment door, attempting to break in.
On February 12th, 2022, at approximately 12:09 a.m., MPD dispatch received a 9-1-1 call indicating a male subject was banging on the callers door and attempting to break in. Upon the responding officers arrival, the suspect, later identified as 31-year-old Dominic Green, began fleeing the area on foot. During the foot chase, Green was observed dropping a firearm.
Official police reports indicate that during the time Green dropped the firearm, he retrieved the weapon and turned it against officers, furthermore, provoking an officer involved shooting. Officers struck Green six-times with their service weapons.
Green was given immediate life-saving treatment before he was transported to a local area hospital where he was listed in stable condition. Since the incident, Green has been charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and two accounts of aggravated assault against a public servant.
