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Durham is heard pleading with the dispatcher to “send someone
ASAP" in audio recordings obtained this week by KVVU-TV in Las
Vegas.
Koren identified the officer who shot Durham as Alexander
Bookman, 26.
Bookman was one of the first officers to arrive and kicked in
the front door. Koren said the officer found Durham in a hallway
struggling over a knife with the intruder.
In a short clip of body camera video released by police, the
officer yells for them to drop the knife, then fires one round.
Durham and the intruder both fall to the floor, then the officer
moves closer and fires five more rounds while standing over
them, the video shows.
Durham, 43, died in his home.
Koren said Durham and the intruder knew each other. The intruder
was arrested and charged with home invasion and assault.
David Roger, general counsel for the union representing Las
Vegas police officers, said Saturday in a statement that Bookman
was not at fault.
“While Mr. Durham's death is tragic, Officer Bookman was doing
his job and did not intend to commit a crime. The person
responsible for Mr. Durham's death is in custody,” he said.
Durham's family wants Bookman fired and charged in the shooting.
“Mr. Durham was not threatening anyone. There’s no justification
for the use of force against Mr. Durham," Lee Merritt, a civil
rights attorney representing the family, said at a news
conference, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said in a statement
that it was too early in the investigation for him to comment on
possible charges.
Bookman is on paid leave while the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police
Department investigates.
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