Police Kill Miami Man in Marijuana Grow House Shootout
[image:1 align:right]A Miami man who police said engaged them in a shootout as they knocked on the door of a home to investigate a possible marijuana grow was shot and killed by police last Tuesday night. Gerardo Delgado, 56, becomes the 38th person to be killed in US domestic drug law enforcement operations so far this year.
According to the Miami Herald, relying on police sources, Miami-Dade police and FBI agents arrived at the Coral Way home and went to the front door at about 7:00pm. Neighbors said the police were not in uniform.
When the police arrived at the front door, according to a police spokesman, Delgado opened fire on them from a nearby parked car, striking one of the officers three times before being shot and killed. That officer is in stable condition.
A second man with Delgado was arrested. There is no word yet on whether there actually was a marijuana grow at the house.
Police swarmed the scene in the aftermath of the shooting. One neighbor said he saw at least 30 police cars filling up the neighborhood. Another neighbor found the shoot-out and massive police response in the quiet residential neighborhood disconcerting.
"I've never seen this before," said Carlos Rios, 45, who lives on the block. "This is a family-type neighborhood. We're all in shock at all this."
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Where does the right to defend your home end?
The cops were not in uniform.So this guy saw a group of armed men attacking his house and responded.Of course they were police so that somehow makes it alright,even though they were unrecognizable?This is another inevitable result of the high handed way the drug squads act in every city and town in America.If they had been armed robbers and he had killed them he would be released for a SYG defence.Because they were cops,even though indistinguishable from the other,he gets killed because they all have body armor and are almost impossible to even harm.That's the war on drugs.I'm sure if the grow op was there they would have released that fact right away.Just to cover their asses.This is why we have more restrictive gun laws in my country.It can save your life if the police get the wrong address.
In reply to Where does the right to defend your home end? by sicntired (not verified)
Grow house shooting-Miami
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