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BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) - Adam Arroyo has lived in his Breckenridge apartment for three years but has never experienced a day like this past Monday; when police busted down his door in search of drugs, shooting and killing his dog in the process.
"She's over here, chained up, and look at all these bullet holes man. Look at the blood right here," Arroyo explained as he showed Eyewitness cameras where his pit bull mix Cindy had been shot.
"She was tied up in the kitchen like I tie her up every single day, and they shot her for no reason."
When Arroyo returned home Monday evening he found his apartment torn apart, door busted down and several bullet holes in his kitchen wall.
He also found a search warrant for 304 Breckenridge, upper apartment.
The suspect named in the warrant was described as a black male and was wanted on suspicion of dealing crack.
http://www.wkbw.com/news/Army-Vet-Says-Police-Raided-Wrong-Apartment-Killed-His-Dog-210151651.html
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)However, Arroyo says the search warrant left behind is for the upper apartment. He lives in the upper rear apartment -- on the other side of the building.
Neighbors say they told officers repeatedly they had the wrong apartment, and that the dog never barked. However, the next thing they knew, shots rang out.
"After they kicked in the door, all you heard was a little bit of silence, and then you heard a shotgun, then a mad load of gunshots after that," says Marco Torres, who lives two doors down. "It was like they were going to war upstairs. And they dog is like, this big, you know what I mean."
http://www.wkbw.com/news/Neighbors-We-Told-Police-they-Had-Wrong-Apartment-210258141.html
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)And I'm a retired law enforcement person saying this.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)MindPilot
(12,693 posts)Clearly that man was not dealing drugs in the wrong apartment. How is that the cops' fault?
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)MindPilot
(12,693 posts)I figured it was so far out there, there would be no question.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)search warrant or not, the warrant doesn't give them authority to tear a place to pieces and kill any pets.
The police probably steal items aswell, all these searches should be public records vid. taped from start to finish. Posted in public.
SamKnause
(13,107 posts)If we could sue them into oblivion maybe this shit would stop.
Sue the cops.
Sue the district attorney.
Sue the city.
Sue the county.
Sue the state.
Sue anyone that you can sue !!!
Why does this man have to pay for a door that the police destroyed ?
He can never replace his beloved pet.
They trashed his apartment.
He had to miss work.
He has to pay for his pet to be cremated.
He is heart broken.
He is a veteran and is treated like this.
I bet he questions exactly what he was fighting for.
Hit everyone where it hurts, in their wallets.
I am sickened by the gangs in blue.
shedevil69taz
(512 posts)of the government who some people say we should rely on exclusively to protect us from those who are intent on doing harm.
Bandit
(21,475 posts)That pot hole I hit yesterday is also an example of how our guvment is out of control and should be eliminated...
Kolesar
(31,182 posts)I feel so horrible for him.
Like losing a family member in a ghastly murder