Federal Judge rewards nearly $ 2 million after the FBI’s governing agent was negligent in the deadly shot of stolen Texas

Federal Judge sentenced almost 2 million dollars after determining this Agent FBI He was careless when he shot a stolen Texas during his rescue effort.

Mother and son of Ulysses Valladares, 47 years old, were awarded money in the framework of a civil lawsuit filed in the Federal Court of Houston, claiming that the man was helpless when he was tied and tied to his eyes when FBI’s Lape was shot dead.

Lape told the investigators that he fired only in the gun when he suspected that the abductor had grabbed a rifle after the agent had broken the window to enter the house and did not know that he was shooting from Valladares.

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But District Judge US Kenneth Hojt In Houston, he discovered that Lape “was careless, even rudely careless in his response” during an attempt to save, and decided that the agent was the only cause of Valladare’s death.

Hojt said Lape fired at the silhouette in the window, without confirming who he was shooting, and that he fired a weapon despite his immediate threat to him or another agent nearby.

Lape was protected from the trial through qualified immunity, which protects law enforcement agencies from responsibility for violations. But the case was allowed to move forward against the federal government that is not protected from responsibility.

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Former police chief of Houston Art Achewow said earlier that the explanation of the Lape on Volladarez’s shooting was not backed up Police investigators.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.