Here is the statement from Framingham, Masachusetts Police Chief Steven Carl:
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At 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 5, the Framingham Police SWAT Team served a search warrant at 26 Fountain St. in Framingham. During the service of the search warrant Mr. Eurie Stamps was tragically and fatally struck by a bullet which was discharged from a SWAT officer’s rifle. Despite immediate intervention by tactical medics, he died at the scene.
The officer involved has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the District Attorney’s Office’s independent investigation into the justifiability of the shooting. Our condolences are with Mr. Stamp’s family for the heartbreak they are understandably enduring and we will await the findings of the investigation before taking any additional administrative action.
According to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, the investigation will take three to four weeks and the identity of the Framingham officer who shot Stamps will not be released until the investigation is complete.
It now seems clear that Mr. Eurie Stamps was not the target of the drug raid. It also seems clear that Mr. Stamps was not armed.
I write a lot about drug raids taking place at the wrong house. This is an example of why we shouldn't be doing raids like this even when we have the right house. They're too dangerous, there is no margin for error, and they needlessly put lives at risk. They inject extreme violence into a situation where previously no violence existed, and that is exactly the opposite of what peace officers should be doing.
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