The federal judge awards almost $ 2 million after the crucial FBI agent was negligent in a fatal shooting to be abducted by a Texas man
The federal judge awarded nearly two million dollars of compensation after finding it FBI Agent He was negligent when he shot and killed a abducted Texas man during the effort to rescue.
Mother and son Ulises Valladres, 47, received money as part of a civil lawsuit filed in a federal court in Houston, claiming that a man was helpless while he was tied to his eyes when the FBI agent shot him in January 2018, while agents entered home.
Lappe told investigators that he had fired a gun only when he suspected the kidnapper had grabbed the rifle after the agent had broken down the window to enter the house and did not know he was shooting at Valladres.
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Ernesto Valladres, Brother Ulises Valladres, was interviewed on Friday, January 26, 2018 across from his brother’s house, the location where he and his son were hostages earlier. (AP)
But American District Judge Kenneth Hoyt In Houston, he found that Lappe “was negligent, even roughly inattentive, in his response” while trying to rescue, and ruled that the agent was the only cause of Valladares’ death.
Hoyt said Lappe fired a silhouette in the window without confirming who he was shooting at and that he fired a weapon, despite direct threat to him or other agent nearby.
American District Judge Kenneth Hoyt found that the agent was “inattentive, even roughly inattentive, in his response” while trying to rescue. (East)
Lappe was protected from a lawsuit with qualified immunity, which protects the implementation of the law from responsibility for injustice. But the case is allowed to move forward against the Federal Government, which is not protected from responsibility.
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The agent of the FBI Gavin Lappe was protected by a complaint with qualified immunity, which protects the implementation of the law from responsibility for injustice. (East)
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Former Police Chief at Houston Art Acevedo said that Lappa’s explanation of the shooting of Valladares did not support the evidence they were examining Police investigators.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
