“On an attempted burglary, we understand that an individual attempted to gain entry into the residence,” the sheriff explained. “Once inside, the homeowner produced a firearm in self-defense and shot the individual. At this time, the individual is deceased.”
Authorities revealed that Horton also lived in the neighborhood, about a half-mile from the scene, and may have been experiencing a mental health episode or under the influence of narcotics.
Investigator Horton was honored as “Officer of the Year” at the “Crime is Toast” breakfast just days earlier, on Sept. 24.
Cop language is so weird.
They should force these assholes to take a writing class or something.
“the officer’s gun discharged”
Too dumb. They wouldn’t pass. Besides, it works in our favor that the copaganda is so obvious.
The media typically doesn’t see through it, but I guess that’s because they’re part of the same system.