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Galveston police chief on leave over miscommunication after SWAT raid
https://www.galvnews.com/news/galveston-police-chief-on-leave-over-miscommunication-after-swat-raid/article_e3bdbd95-3234-5c07-a6b0-afdd8ef0efe2.htmlfree link: https://archive.ph/p7zIp
Police Chief Doug Balli is on paid administrative leave for no more than 10 days after city leaders were blindsided with news about a SWAT raid that terrified a family and did an estimated $5,000 in damage to their home, City Manager Brian Maxwell said Saturday.
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Maxwell, Mayor Craig Brown and District Four Councilman Michael Bouvier, who represents residents in the area, were unaware the raid had occurred just before 2 a.m. Sunday morning in the 5300 block of Avenue O until a news article was published about it Friday.
The department’s SWAT team in executing a warrant shattered windows, bashed in a door, ripped out wiring and fired 15 “flashbangs,” causing more than $5,000 in damage, homeowner Erika Rios said.
Rios' teenage son and daughter and a visiting friend were injured and traumatized and officers dragged Rios from her home, she said.
Officers were searching for Cameron Vargas, 17, who they believed was involved in the Jan. 20 shooting death of Malik Dunn, 25.
Vargas was charged on the basis of an "eyewitness" statement that turned out to be false, police said. He surrendered himself to authorities Monday and charges against him had been dropped by Wednesday.
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Maxwell, Mayor Craig Brown and District Four Councilman Michael Bouvier, who represents residents in the area, were unaware the raid had occurred just before 2 a.m. Sunday morning in the 5300 block of Avenue O until a news article was published about it Friday.
The department’s SWAT team in executing a warrant shattered windows, bashed in a door, ripped out wiring and fired 15 “flashbangs,” causing more than $5,000 in damage, homeowner Erika Rios said.
Rios' teenage son and daughter and a visiting friend were injured and traumatized and officers dragged Rios from her home, she said.
Officers were searching for Cameron Vargas, 17, who they believed was involved in the Jan. 20 shooting death of Malik Dunn, 25.
Vargas was charged on the basis of an "eyewitness" statement that turned out to be false, police said. He surrendered himself to authorities Monday and charges against him had been dropped by Wednesday.
