Update: Here is a news video from earlier today (sorry, it's kinda long). A news crews was in the neighorhood trying to get more interviews. I happened to be outside and chatted with them but did not want to go on camera. You can see our truck though-whoo hoo! Anyways, there is a witness saying the man had his hands up when officers shot him, so of course there is a big controversy brewing.
This is the newspaper article about what happened on my street - just a few houses down.
Nampa man shot by police after dispute
The officers thought the 19-year-old, who died at the scene, had a knife, Caldwell chief says.
The officers thought the 19-year-old, who died at the scene, had a knife, Caldwell chief says.
A domestic dispute and a piece of broken glass led to an early Friday confrontation between police and a 19-year-old man, who died after he was shot by police outside his home.
. When two Nampa officers responded to a 911 call at Sugar Cane Drive and South Kings Road at 2:20 a.m., Rudolph Andrade came out of the house and approached them, holding what appeared to be a knife, Caldwell police Chief Chris Allgood said. Police later learned it was a large piece of glass, he said.
. Andrade ignored the officers' commands to stop and kept coming toward them, said Allgood, whose department is leading the investigation into the shooting. The officers opened fire, and Andrade died at the scene. No one else was injured, he said.
. Streets leading into the neighborhood southwest of the Nampa airport were blocked throughout the morning as investigators pored over the scene.
. By 2 p.m., police cars and TV crews were gone, but a small group of people who live in the neatly kept home were standing outside with somber expressions. They politely declined to give their names or discuss the incident. One young man said they all were in the house when the incident happened, and the man who died was his sister's fianc.
. "We're not going to talk to anyone," a female resident said. "We've talked to an attorney."
Several neighbors in the Kingsgate subdivision also declined to give their names or talk about the shooting.
. Andrade lived in the house with his girlfriend and her family, Allgood said.
Canyon County court records show that Andrade was arrested for misdemeanor domestic violence Dec. 6 and pleaded not guilty; he was scheduled to stand trial in March. His record shows other misdemeanors, including a November 2006 concealed weapon charge and several charges of underage purchase or consumption of alcohol.
. According to the 911 call early Friday, Andrade was breaking windows at the Sugar Cane Drive home, Allgood said.
Asked how close Andrade was to the officers when he was shot, Allgood said, "It all occurred in the roadway."
. Friday morning's snowfall complicated the investigation at the shooting scene, Allgood said, but investigators were able to do considerable work on site before it started to snow around 6:30 a.m.
. Many questions - such as how many shots were fired, which officers fired the shots and whether Andrade had said anything to the officers - remain unanswered publicly. Investigators with the Critical Incident Task Force have asked that details not be released until all witness interviews are complete, Allgood said.
. Results of Friday afternoon's autopsy also will not be announced immediately, he said, adding that he doesn't anticipate releasing more details in the case until Monday.
The two Nampa patrol officers - one a three-year veteran of the force and the other a new officer with several months on the job - are on paid administrative leave, standard practice after such an incident, Nampa police Chief Bill Augsburger said.
. Also following standard practice, Augsburger said, his officers secured the scene and witnesses, then turned the investigation over to the Critical Incident Task Force, comprising the Canyon and Owyhee county sheriff's offices, Idaho State Police and Nampa and Caldwell police.
No I didn't know the guy and I didn't hear the shots, which kind of bothers me that I slept right through it all. My cats might have seen it though because it was in sight from our front window! My backyard neighbor texted me early that morning to see if I was okay since there were cops and news crews all over the street and it was all blocked off. It was crazy.
