Family of Colorado teenager file a lawsuit accusing an off-duty corrections officer of using deadly force 'recklessly' and 'without warning' when he fatally shot the teen in his backyard as a group of friends were fleeing the scene of a home break-in.
She woke up Manning, who told investigators that he then grabbed a handgun from a lock box, made sure the house was secured and waited for police to arrive.After Denver police arrived at the scene, according to police records, the group inside the vacant home scattered, with Mendez-Perez and a friend, Andy Munoz, climbing a fence into Manning's backyard.
Mendez-Perez was hit in the back and Munoz, 18, in the back of his left leg, the complaint said, adding that Manning"did not warn anyone or say anything before shooting." "I was thinking, you know, like fight or flight comes to mind, and like I didn't want to be attacked," Manning said, according to police reports.
Police arrested Manning at the scene on suspicion of second-degree murder, but he was later released without having to post bail. Prosecutors later decided no criminal charges were warranted.
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