In 911 call, man killed by Las Vegas police said attacker was ‘going to kill everyone’
During a 911 call, a man killed by Las Vegas police said the person who broke into his home was “going to kill everyone” and begged officers to “send someone ASAP.”
Brandon Durham, 43, was shot and killed by Metropolitan Police Department officer Alexander Bookman on Nov. 12 after reporting that an unknown person was throwing bricks into the windows of his home.
When Metro arrived on the scene, they found Durham struggling with that person over a knife. Bookman ordered the two to drop the weapons.
In less than two seconds, the officer fired six shots at Durham, who died at the scene.
Police later identified the person who broke into the home as 31-year-old Alejandra Boudreaux. Boudreaux was not hit by the gunfire and was arrested on multiple charges including one count of home invasion with a deadly weapon, one count of child abuse, and one count of assault with a deadly weapon.
Metro on Wednesday released over 16 minutes’ worth of 911 calls from the morning of the shooting. Durham’s 911 call was about 10 minutes.
“They’re all around the sides of my house,” Durham said. “Hurry the f—- up.”
During a news briefing, police said initial calls reported two people entering the home. However, police would later allege that one person, Boudreaux, broke into Durham’s house.
In interviews with reporters, Durham’s family said they did not know why Boudreaux was inside the home.
But court records indicate that Durham and Boudreaux had a casual sexual relationship.
Durham’s 911 call came through around 12:45 a.m. Between irregular panting, Durham told the dispatcher that he had no gun. He said he was inside his home with his daughter and a friend.
When asked if he knew the person breaking in, Durham said yes. After the dispatcher misheard him and asked again, he replied no but said he saw them. Durham described one as wearing a red hoodie.
The dispatcher instructed Durham to stay on the phone, even if at some point he could no longer talk. Eventually, Durham said that someone had entered the home. The dispatcher told him that officers were on the way.
Then, Durham stopped responding to this dispatcher’s questions and began screaming. In the background, there was loud banging that sounded like fighting. Police have since said that Boudreaux had gotten into a physical altercation with Durham after she got into the residence.
According to the call, police entered the residence less than a minute later, yelling at Durham and Boudreaux.
Gunshots can be heard on the call shortly after. After that, someone who appears to be an officer asks, “Are you hit?” Another yells, “Hey, get to the suspect — red hoodie. Get the red hoodie.”
The 911 called continued for at least three minutes. Officers can be heard attempting to render medical aid to Durham, and the officer who fired shots was instructed to “get out.”
Another 911 call from that night came from a neighbor whose name was bleeped in the audio. She said she and her husband were heading to bed when they heard glass breaking outside. The woman who called believed the intruder to be a man wearing a “sweatshirt and red beanie.”
“Someone’s attacking his home with bricks … He just broke through the window, and he’s in there,” she said through gasps. “He has destroyed the top of their cars. The windshield is all a mess … Oh my goodness.”
Contact Akiya Dillon at adillon@reviewjournal.com.