Al Hoffman
For Ashley Andrews and Murray
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Also to add to your point, she may have really thought it was her apartment and they can claim stand your ground rules all they want and say that was her reasoning to protect her place, but I would urge the state to counter her statement with every single sign and indicator that she was in the wrong area. Had she paid attention to the multiple signs beginning at garage, she would have never "mistaken that he was an intruder" in her place. Furthermore, I'm not buying I was so tired. She work 13.5 hours and only live 17-20 mins max from her job to her place. Its not like the girl worked a night shift and came home that morning. She came home at 9:30. I'd love to see what her work schedule that week was. Better yet, I want to see her timecard of that day. With all the lies and cover-ups, who knows if they are even telling the truth on that.
There has been, reported in the MSM, an ongoing problem with mandatory OT for DPD LEO's. Officers have apparently quit over this very issue, making it worse for those remaining on the force.
In light of this, AG's possible confusion caused by fatigue is more believable. Back to back 12 hour shifts can take it out of anyone. In my last job as an unarmed security guard, they were mandatory, and I had to catch the bus (a 90 minute ride) to and from my post (work) 5 days a week.
I have a scenario that pulls a bunch of the above together, however unlikely.
AG is working back to back 12's, as mandated by DPD. In this situation sleep is critical, sleep is your friend, sleep is king! (Anybody, or anything that keeps you from sleep is NOT your friend!).
Suppose that BSJ played a TV in his bedroom late into the night, loud and long enough to keep AG from a good night's sleep. If she was already irritated about noise issues with a neighbor that morning (that she had to call into the leasing office during the day), that may have been enough for her to chew on her OTHER noise issue throughout her work day, the one keeping her up at night. What if she decided, especially if she was a Courtesy Officer for the Apt. Complex, to pass by BSJ's apartment after work, on the way to her own apartment. She might have parked on the 4th floor, with the attention of stopping off at BSJ's apartment, before walking downstairs to her own. She has her gear on, and would be more imposing in uniform to deal with the noise issue in her role as a Courtesy Officer.
She goes to BSJ's apartment, and one of several possible scenarios take place:
1) AG knocks on the door, with the usual loud "cop knock", yelling open up. (As she is over him costing her sleep, and wants to deal with this so she can go home, walk the dog, and get out of her gear and uniform!). There is a confrontation between the two, things go South and BSJ reacts in a way that spooks her. Irritated and cranky, she shoots him from the doorway. Maybe he retreated into the apartment when she went for her gun, and tried to duck after the first shot (this accounting for the odd superior to inferior wound track, and not an anterior to posterior one). He says "why did you do that". She does walk in, and flips on the light, sees that he is dying, and calls 911 as the Complex Courtesy Officer, as that was her "offical" LE role at the time, That alerts dispatch, and everyone else, that this is a LEO involved shooting, NOT an involved (e.g. on duty) LEO shooting. She then makes up the "went to the wrong apartment" story on the fly with 911 on the line. She sees BSJ dying, freaks out a bit, and walks out into the hallway (kicking the red rug to block the door open - living in the building, she knows how the door works), and makes calls for emotional support and to firm up her story in her own mind. At some point she puts her key in the door to "dress the scene" to support her evolving story.
The person who steals your sleep is not your friend, they are your enemy!
2) Starts same as above, but as she approaches BSJ's apartment door, she notices that it IS ajar, held open by the displaced red rug, possibly since 6:30ish. Her Cop-Spidey senses start to tingle, she draws her weapon, walks in looking for a prowler, and confronts BSJ. Being fatigued, she goes into auto, reflex mode, muscle memory point and shoot stress fire - just like on the range. Especially if BSJ made a quick move, reaching for something like his Cellphone. (Not his fault that he got shot in his own home!) This causing the Cop PTSD (Put That S**t Down) reaction in her. The rest of the scenario is the same as in #1 above. (CPTSDS gives LE PTSD!)
She had already been involved in a physical altercation where a male perp bested her, and took away her Tazer away, having had to end that confrontation with gunfire. That kind of experience can make a formally cocky small person insecure. Apparently, she had since started to bulk up, likely hitting the weight room, MAYBE taking Steroids. In Chiropractic College in the 80's, I knew a number of body builders, some on anabolic steroids. There was even one female bodybuilder smaller than AG. Some of the changes in AG's face (from previous, older pictures) SUGGEST that MAYBE she was using 'roids. Other, legal Rx drugs that could cause problems include Provigil and Nuvigil (given to U.S. Air Force B-2 pilots on 36 hour long round trip flights from the U.S. Midwest to the Middle East, and has been generally considered safe by even Flight Surgeons to "treat" sleep deprivation) or Ambien (even the next day - just ask Roseanne Barr).
All in JIMHIOO
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