He added that ‘officers were unable to rescue the juvenile before he succumbed to the injuries inflicted by Bourne.’ The Henderson Police Department declined to specify whether any of the officer’s bullets had struck Joseph.ĭeputy Henderson Police Chief David Burns said the evidence indicates that ‘it was the suspect’s actions that caused the death of the child.’ Moments prior, Bourne had shot dead Joseph's mother, Diana Hawatmeh, 39, and their housekeeper 33-year-old Veronica Muniz, following a 'brief altercation'.Īfter refusing to cooperate with police, Bourne then reportedly shot Joseph, prompting seven officers to return fire.īoth Bourne and Joseph were pronounced dead at the scene. Police encountered Bourne as he was holding 12-year-old Joseph Hawatmeh hostage inside a car with a gun against the boy's head. The gunman, 38-year-old Jason Neo Bourne was fatally shot by police at The Douglas at Stonelake Apartments, in Henderson, on November 3. Police in Nevada has released bodycam footage in the fatal shooting last month that left an armed 'drug addict' and his 12-year-old hostage dead, moments after the suspect murdered the boy's mother and their housekeeper. Bourne had called dispatchers when they were searching for him, saying he was from the future and that his name was Bane, a villain from Batman.Joseph's 16-year-old sister Yasmeen was also shot, but she survived the ordeal.Moments prior, Bourne had burst through the door of the Hawatmeh home and shot head Joseph's mom Diana, 39, and their housekeeper, Veronica Muniz, 33.The Henderson Police Department declined to specify whether any of the officer’s bullets had struck Hawatmeh during the exchange of gunfire.Joseph was killed by a bullets to the head and chest, coroners determined.Deputy Henderson Police Chief David Burns saying evidence indicates that ‘it was the suspect’s actions that caused the death of the child'.Seven officers returned fire and both Bourne and Joseph were pronounced dead.He had been holding 12-year-old Joseph Hawatmeh hostage at gunpoint inside of a car during a stand-off with police, when he then shot the boy.Jason Neo Bourne, 38, was fatally shot by police at The Douglas at Stonelake Apartments, in Henderson, on November 3.Moment gunman and his 12-year-old hostage die in shoot-out with cops after the shooter had just killed boy's mom and housekeepeer and called 911 to say he was Batman villain Bane
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