![]() ![]() Officers went out to an apartment complex in the 4700 block of Samuell Boulevard after getting 911 calls that a man was beating on a door and taking the hinges off a door. The other officer-involved shooting happened just after midnight on February 12. RELATED: Officer-involved shooting at Mesquite apartments sends man to the hospital There were two bullets found that struck a vehicle in the parking lot. Investigators recovered CZ 9 mm pistol that Butler fired, along with seven shell casings. He also had multiple priors for evading arrest, resisting arrest, drug possession, and family violence. Butler was taken to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.īutler had active felony warrants from another agency, as well as a parole violation warrant. Police said officers performed CPR on Butler, but that video footage was not released. "He goes from pursuit mode, and now, all of a sudden, somebody is pointing a gun, somebody is firing a gun and his brain is processing all this, and he's able to return fire while he's getting to cover," Ricketts said. The officer, who has been with the department for three years, was not injured, while Butler was hit by the gunfire twice. "So if you time the videos out, it's about eight seconds from the the beginning of the pursuit until the first shots fired," Ricketts said. ![]() It was eight seconds from when the officer first made contact with Butler, to the time he fired at the officer, according to police. RELATED: Suspect killed after firing shots at Mesquite police officerīutler then fired at the officer and the officer returned fire.
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