WATCH: Las Cruces Police Negligent Discharge Nearly Hits Suspects

By Tactical Life

A Las Cruces Police officer committed a negligent discharge during a late-night stop in 2018. Police recently released body cam footage of the incident. The bullet impacted the windshield of a car with two suspects inside. Now the two men are suing the department, claiming the officer’s errant shot, and the following treatment by police, left the men with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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The incident began when the suspects, Keith Anderson and Carlos Cooper, left the Solano Square Shopping Center in the pre-dawn hours, Aug. 22, 2018, according to lcsun-news.com. A physical altercation occurred there at the Warehouse Bar that night. Then police stopped the two men as they left.

Officer body camera footage shows the negligent discharge. Footage shows the police cruiser cut off the vehicle driven by the two suspects. Officer Jeremiah McDaniel quickly flings the door open and jumps out of the car. In one motion, he stands, draws, and aims at the vehicle. And he fires one shot. Simply stated, he put his finger on the trigger in a …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life