Suspected carjacker gets ventilated over vape
This compilation of 911 call and bodycam footage come from Las Vegas, Nevada. The 911 call provides context for the use of force that follows. A driver at a local apartment complex reported that the suspect had threatened him with a knife. Las Vegas Metro PD officers made contact with the suspect, and the suspect physically and violently resisted. Forewarned by the 911 call, the officers were predisposed to the belief that the object in the suspect's hand, and his movements with it, corresponded to the knife in question. This prompted one of the officers to shoot the suspect. However, the object in the suspect's hand was later revealed to be a vape pen. Although the suspect survived, viewer discretion is advised. The suspect, identified as Wade Griffith, 38 years of age, was found to be in possession of one large, sheathed knife in his backpack, as well as an empty sheath for another knife. At the time of the incident and shooting, Griffith was charged with two counts of armed robbery with a deadly weapon, two counts of battery on a LEO with the same, and two counts of resisting with said weapon. With the caveat that I am not a lawyer, given that a vape pen was in his hand I'm not certain that most of those charges will hold up.
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