Henderson officers in mother’s shooting ID’D
Henderson police identified the officers involved in the fatal police shooting of a woman who stabbed her young son Monday.
The Henderson Police Department
identified officers Edward Little and Patrick Mccarrick in a Wednesday afternoon news release. Both were placed on routine paid administrative leave while the shooting is investigated.
It was unclear if both officers fired their guns during the shooting.
“It doesn’t necessarily mean that both officers shot,” police spokeswoman Katrina Rothmeyer said. “Those were the two that were placed on administrative leave.”
About 12:10 p.m. Monday, Claudia Nadia Rodriguez’s son called 911 from the Equestrian on Eastern Apartments, 10701 S. Eastern Ave. The 911 call disconnected, but police be
Garcia said.
But student and resident adviser Karissa Luna said that gave students approximately 36 hours to learn of the email, make arrangements with their professors and decide whether to come to class before the threatened shooting on Oct. 16.
Luna added that students seeking support after the fact were also met with three-week long waiting lists at the university’s Counseling and Psychological Services, despite the university advertising this service in its messaging to students.
Choice between safety, academics
Student Candace Mays said the university’s course of action put an undue burden on African-american students, who were the specific targets of the threat, along with supporters of Bernie Sanders.
“We had to choose between safety and academic performance because you feel like our safety and the perception of our safety is optional,” Mays said.
Heavey said the university chose to keep the campus open because it was “broadly safe,” and administrators were confident in the increased police presence and existing security. He added that professors were instructed to not punish students who chose to stay away from campus, though any instances of students’ grades suffering would be need to be handled on a case-by-case basis. Student Lauren Washington pointed out that for African-american students in particular, an increased police presence was not necessarily reassuring.
“I feel more unsafe with police surrounding me than when they’re not,” Washington said, adding that classes should have been canceled.
Students suggested specific measures the university could take to apologize to affected students and improve security on campus, like building a fence around the residence halls and stationing security at the dining halls. Garcia said the university has discussed limiting access points to the halls while also consolidating security personnel.
The meeting turned emotional at times as students recounted telling their parents of the shooting threat, or reliving memories associated with the Oct. 1 Route 91 Harvest festival shooting in 2017.
President didn’t attend
Students also expressed frustration that UNLV President Marta Meana did not attend the forum, despite an RHA letter extending an invitation. University spokeswoman Cindy Brown said that Marta was at a “previously
scheduled business function.”
Students confronted Garcia after he said he was in Reno on the day of the threatened shooting. Garcia and the university later clarified that he was on campus on Oct. 16, and had misheard the question as one about the 2017 shooting, when he was working in Reno.
University police officer Bree Torrey attended the meeting and told students that she was available to listen to their concerns about safety. On the day of the threatened shooting, Torrey said she felt “fired up.”
“I was going to get between every single one of you — regardless of race, gender, or orientation — I was going to get between every one of you and that bullet,” Torrey said.
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