Metro IDs cop who shot man in burglary investigation
The Las Vegas police officer who shot a 18-year-old man Wednesday during a burglary investigation has been identified.
Officer Thomas Moore, 50, was called out to the 6300 block of Bluejay Way, near the intersection of Oakey and Jones boulevards, at 10:29 a.m. to investigate an in-process home burglary, Metro said Friday in a news release.
The K-9 officer confronted Richard Powell at the open front door of the home, police said. Moore and Powell fought before Moore shot at Powell once. Police found a handgun in the home that apparently belonged to Powell.
Powell was taken to University Medical Center and has since been released. He was booked into Clark County Detention Center under the name Richard F. Powell III and faces charges of burglary with a firearm and possession of an unregistered firearm.
No one else was in the house at the time of the shooting. Police found a handgun in the house that they say belonged to the burglar.
Moore has been with the police department since April 1990. He was assigned to Metro’s Emergency Operations Bureau, K-9 Section.
He has been placed on routine paid leave pending the outcome of a review of the shooting.
Contact reporter Cassandra Taloma at ctaloma@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381.
