“He’s an honorable officer, a commendable officer, and he’s done a fantastic job as part of the law enforcement community through his tenure here,” Lombardo said at the morning briefing. “He was an experienced patrol officer who trained countless younger officers throughout his career,” Metro wrote in another statement Thursday.Įarlier in the day, Metro wrote in a tweet that Thai was a firearms instructor at one point during his time with the department. In addition to being a patrol officer, according to Metro, he spent three years working in financial crimes and three years working in the training division. Thai most recently worked on the graveyard shift in the south central area command. In 2014, officers Alyn Beck and Igor Soldo were ambushed inside a Cici’s Pizza. The shooting resulted in the deaths of 60 concertgoers. Hartfield attended the festival with his wife and “was shot while taking off-duty action to rescue citizens during the shooting,” according to Metro’s website. Officer Charleston Hartfield was killed while attending the Route 91 Harvest festival on the Strip, the site of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. The last time a Metro officer was fatally shot in the line of duty was on Oct. Deputy Chief Jamie Prosser silently teared up on the side of the room while Lombardo spoke. Lombardo declined to provide more details on the domestic disturbance.Īssistant Sheriffs Andrew Walsh and John McGrath and Las Vegas Police Protective Association President Steve Grammas stood behind the sheriff during the morning briefing with their heads hanging low. Police said the civilian who was shot was hospitalized with injuries that were not considered life-threatening. His initial arraignment is set for Friday morning in Las Vegas Justice Court. Online records show that Hampton was booked Thursday evening into the Clark County Detention Center on one count of open murder with a deadly weapon, four counts of attempted murder with a deadly weapon, two counts involving the unlawful discharge of a firearm, one count of battery with a deadly weapon resulting in substantial bodily harm, and one count of domestic battery. Hampton was arrested with the help of a Metro K-9 unit near South Eastern Avenue and East Desert Inn Road. When Thai and another officer arrived in the area, 24-year-old Tyson Hampton opened fire, striking Thai and a civilian before driving off, police said. to South University Center Drive and East Flamingo Road after a report of a domestic disturbance, according to a statement from the Metropolitan Police Department. Officers were initially called around 1 a.m. The incident demonstrates the dangers our officers face every day just putting on the uniform and doing their job.” We will be helping them in any way we can in the following days. “I was at the hospital early this morning with his ex-wife and his daughter,” Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Thursday, choking up. He had been with the Metropolitan Police Department since 1999. Officer Truong Thai, 49, died at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center from a gunshot wound to the torso. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal) veteran Las Vegas police officer who coached girls volleyball and had a passion for boating was fatally shot Thursday while responding to a domestic disturbance near UNLV. Las Vegas police investigate the scene on East Flamingo Road after a shooting that fatally wounded a Las Vegas police officer on Thursday, Oct.
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