{"id":1783043,"date":"2022-12-21T15:19:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T20:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1783043"},"modified":"2022-12-21T15:19:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T20:19:16","slug":"horrifying-video-shows-moment-cop-shot-and-killed-homeowner-protecting-his-house-from-suspected-intruder-it-wasnt-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/horrifying-video-shows-moment-cop-shot-and-killed-homeowner-protecting-his-house-from-suspected-intruder-it-wasnt-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Horrifying Video Shows Moment Cop Shot And Killed Homeowner Protecting His House From Suspected Intruder: \u2018It Wasn\u2019t Me\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhorrifying-video-shows-moment-cop-shot-and-killed-homeowner-protecting-his-house-from-suspected-intruder-it-wasnt-me%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1783043&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Surveillance video and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/police\">police<\/a> bodycam footage show the moments before and after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/austin\">Austin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/texas\">Texas<\/a>, police shot and killed 33-year-old tech entrepreneur Rajan Moonesinghe.<\/p>\n<p>On November 15, the Austin Police Department received a call shortly after midnight about a man in a robe pointing a rifle down the street in a wealthy neighborhood. The caller, a private security guard for a neighbor, told dispatch that the man with the rifle appeared to be afraid of something in his own home and began turning the outside lights on and off, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austintexas.gov\/news\/apd-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-november-15-2022\">a press release<\/a> from the APD.<\/p>\n<p>Moonesinghe himself told a neighbor that someone was in his house and that he was going to call 911, The Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11562195\/It-wasnt-said-Austin-tech-entrepreneur-Raj-Moonesinghe-shot-dead-police.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The caller then said the man with the rifle was pointing it inside his own home and started firing. While the caller was still on the line, police arrived at the home. Two officers in separate marked vehicles arrived at the scene and sought cover while Moonesinghe fired his rifle. One officer, identified by police as Daniel Sanchez, shouted at Mooneshinge to \u201cdrop the gun\u201d but began firing his department-approved firearm before finishing the sentence, footage shows.<\/p>\n<p>As Moonesinghe lay dying, the second officer, Stephen Markert, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kvue.com\/article\/news\/local\/rajan-moonesinghe-brother-police-reform\/269-47527ca3-2484-4bb8-acc9-f3d82fcc1a3b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> the entrepreneur to show his hands but did not receive a response. A third officer, Luis Brito, arrived and the three approached Moonesinghe to begin life-saving measures. Footage from the incident shows Moonesinghe telling officers \u201cit wasn\u2019t me\u201d multiple times.<\/p>\n<p>Moonesinghe was taken to a local hospital but died from his injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Officers checked Moonesinghe\u2019s home but did not find any intruders.<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez, who has been with the APD for nearly three years, has been placed on administrative leave while the department investigates the shooting. The APD said it would conduct two concurrent investigations: A criminal investigation conducted by the APD Special Investigations Unit along with the Travis County District Attorney\u2019s Office and a second, administrative investigation conducted by the APD Internal Affairs Unit with oversight from the Office of Police Oversight.<\/p>\n<p>Moonesinghe and his brother, Johann, operated a financial technology company, InKind, which provides financing to restaurants, the Daily Mail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11562195\/It-wasnt-said-Austin-tech-entrepreneur-Raj-Moonesinghe-shot-dead-police.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Johann <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kvue.com\/article\/news\/local\/rajan-moonesinghe-brother-police-reform\/269-47527ca3-2484-4bb8-acc9-f3d82fcc1a3b\">told<\/a> KVUE that life has been \u201creally, really hard,\u201d since his brother was killed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody would\u2019ve ever expected this, and I think it\u2019s been even more difficult because it\u2019s been a fight with police to get answers, to figure out what\u2019s going on,\u201d Johann told the outlet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surveillance video and police bodycam footage show the moments before and after Austin, Texas, police shot and killed 33-year-old tech entrepreneur Rajan Moonesinghe. On November 15, the Austin Police Department received a call shortly after midnight about a man in a robe pointing a rifle down the street in a wealthy neighborhood. 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