Chelsea law enforcement officials who shot a person in a 2017 standoff following a violent home confrontation have been justified of their actions, Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden has discovered.
“After a comprehensive review of the findings, I concur fully with the conclusion that no criminal charges are warranted in connection with the conduct of any law enforcement officer in this case,” Hayden wrote in a abstract of his determination launched Wednesday morning.
Previous Suffolk Da Rachael Rollins, who’s now U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, got here to the identical conclusion in her investigation.
At round 9:20 p.m. on May 22, 2017, Chelsea police responded to a report of a home disturbance and a person with a gun at a house on Warren Avenue the place they discovered Kelly Pastrana, 38, exterior the home with a gun.
Rollins’ investigation into the incident confirmed that Pastrana had punched and choked his spouse following an argument and the spouse and 10-year-old daughter fled to a neighbor’s home throughout the road. Pastrana shot on the home as they hid.
Pastrana — who had a previous conviction for assault and battery in 2004 and was not licensed to hold any firearms, Chelsea Police Chief Brian Kyes stated on the time — exchanged gunfire with responding police earlier than retreating inside, the Herald reported. He continued to shoot at officers from inside the house as he set it on fireplace and finally burned to demise.
“I find that both officers who fired their weapons did so in a lawful and proper exercise of self-defense,” Rollins wrote in her personal investigation’s findings. “They stumbled on the violent scene after receiving 911 calls; Mr. Pastrana had bodily attacked his spouse in entrance of his baby; he had shot at and attacked a neighbor; and, whereas the police tried to confront and detain him, he shot at them a number of instances.
“The police returned fire to end the violent assault Mr. Pastrana was waging on his neighborhood and on them,” Rollins continued.
Hayden stated in an announcement that “This was a deeply traumatic case for all involved—Mr. Pastrana’s wife, his daughter, the Chelsea police officers and firefighters on scene, and the neighbors who, by simple proximity, became unwilling participants in the unfolding tragedy.”
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