A federal judge gave about $ 2 million in damage after determining FBI agent It was negligent when he shot and killed a man abducted in Texas during a rescue effort.
The mother and son of Ulises Valladares, 47, received the money as part of a civil lawsuit filed in the Federal Court of Houston, claiming that the man was helpless while he was tied and blinded when the FBI agent, Gavin Lapp, fired him in January 2018 when the agents entered a house where he was retained.
Lappe told the researchers that he only shot his gun when he suspected that a kidnapper had taken the rifle after the agent would break a window to enter the home and did not know he was shooting in Valladares.
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Ernesto Valladares, brother of Ulises Valladares, is interviewed on Friday, January 26, 2018 in front of his brother’s house, the location where he and his son were hostage days earlier. (AP)
Only The Judge of the North -American District Kenneth Hoyt In Houston he found that Lappe « was negligent, even seriously negligent, in his response » during the rescue attempt, and ruled that the agent was the only cause of Valladares’ death.
Hoyt said Lappa shot a silhouette in the window without confirming who he was shooting and firing his weapon despite the fact that there is no direct threat to him or another nearby agent.
The Judge of the North -American District, Kenneth Hoyt, found that the agent « was negligent, even seriously negligent, in his response » during the rescue attempt. (Istock)
LAPPE was protected against demand through qualified immunity, which protects police from liability for an error. But the case was allowed to move against the federal government, which is not protected from responsibility.
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The FBI agent, Gavin Lapp, was protected against demand through qualified immunity, which protects the application of the law of liability for a crime. (Istock)
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The former Houston Police Chief, Art Acevedo, previously said that LAPPE’s explanation to shoot in Valladares is not leaning on reviewed tests Police researchers.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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