There are many questions, but few answers in the case of a Kingman man injured in a police shooting. He was not charged for nearly two weeks and managed to leave Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas and return to Kingman, where he only received treatment. Please return any complications to Sunrise.
It's unclear how many days or even hours the injured man spent in the wind between being hospitalized and being discharged between Kingman and Las Vegas.
The incident began on Dec. 29, when Kingman police officers reportedly encountered Andrew Romero brandishing a shotgun after responding to a reported domestic violence incident at a residence in the 1700 block of Golden Gate Avenue. It started with that. Kingman Police Deputy Chief Joel Fried said Romero, 39, After he ignored the officers' commands to drop his weapon, he was wounded by police gunfire.
The injured Romero was reportedly taken to Kingman Regional Medical Center and then flown to Sunrise Airport in Las Vegas. The Lake Havasu Police Department has launched an independent investigation, which is typical for outside agencies to conduct independent investigations into shootings involving officers from another department.
Lake Havasu Police issued a news release Wednesday identifying nine-year KPD veteran Sgt. Kenneth Morris, the officer involved in the Romero shooting, said he is on regular paid administrative leave while the matter is investigated. However, neither Kingman nor Lake Havasu police have been able to explain the whereabouts of Romero, who was first hospitalized in Nevada.
City spokesman Anthony Kozlowski said police had no information. Chris Angus said the same thing when first contacted on Tuesday morning. By Wednesday morning, the situation had changed.
Angus said: “I was able to get in touch with the OIS (involved officer shooting) detective who initially knew that Mr. Romero had been discharged from the hospital, but he did not know why he had left the hospital.'' We do not have answers,” Angus said in a written statement. Email. “They also know he was readmitted.”
Kingman Police Chief Rusty Cooper said his department is aware that Romero somehow left a hospital in Nevada, returned to Kingman and eventually returned to Las Vegas. Ta.
Allen Poston, vice president of public affairs for Kingman Regional Medical Center, said it is private to reveal whether Romero was admitted to KRMC, when he was admitted, or whether he has been admitted once or twice since Christmas. He said it was prohibited by law. Sunrise's public relations staff did not respond to any requests from reporters, so we were unable to obtain any information on admissions or hospitalizations.
Romero was not charged until Thursday. Mohave County Deputy Attorney Bob Moon confirmed the charges were filed in Kingman Justice Court, but could not provide further information because Romero has not yet been served or notified. .
