“Communication Failure” | Galveston Police Chief Returns After Controversial Raid

“I sincerely appreciate the support of the officers and the police department, as well as the citizens,” Balli said.

GALVESTON, Texas. Galveston Police Chief Doug Bally has returned to work after being suspended following a house search last month while police were looking for a murder suspect.

According to the chief, who announced on Saturday that he returned to duty on February 7. He was placed on administrative leave after cops broke into a house on Avenue O near 53rd Street looking for a teenager who was accused of killing a man a few days before.

“The communication failure was my fault and I fully understand it and just want to forget about it,” Bally said. “I will make sure this doesn’t happen again. I trusted the process the city was undertaking regarding the investigation and I was very happy to be back at work late Tuesday night.”

Balli said the city’s investigation was conducted by the director of human resources. When Galveston city manager Brian Maxwell announced Bally’s administrative leave, he said it was due to his failure to provide details of the search.

“I can’t talk about the details of the investigation, but I was very happy that I was acquitted, I returned to work and was able to move on,” Balli said. “I sincerely appreciate the support of the officers and the police department, as well as the citizens. Thank you for believing in me and thank you for believing in your department.”

Murder

On January 20, Galveston police said officers arrived at 39th Street near Broadway Avenue J after receiving reports of gunshots.

When the police arrived, they found Malik Dann, 25, who had been shot multiple times. He was taken to a local hospital, where he died, police said.

A few days later, detectives said the 17-year-old suspect had been taken into custody on murder charges, but also said the investigation was ongoing. The suspect was later cleared of the murder charge.

Raid

Authorities said they were looking for a teenager suspected of murder when they showed up at a house on Avenue O in the early morning of January 22. with Dunn’s death.

According to police, investigators had “credible evidence” that the suspected teen was at the Avenue O home. Police said the teen was not found during the search but was arrested a day later.

Following his arrest, the Galveston Police Department said it had “obtained new evidence and information to drop the murder charge.” Galveston police said they had asked prosecutors to drop the charge.

Inside the house

Erica Rios said that the police raided her house that morning. She said that she and her children were sleeping at home when around 2 am they were awakened by the screams of the police outside.

Rios said the police yelled at them several times to get out and then fired wooden bullets at the windows of the house.

Officers told Rios and her children that they were looking for a teenager who was identified as a wanted suspect in Dunn’s death at the time.

Rios said she and her son were handcuffed.

“We had no idea what was going on,” she said.

She said damage had been done to her home, from broken windows to broken doors. She said she was told she could file a complaint with the police or the city, but she said she didn’t think she would get very far with that. She also said that she was afraid to talk about what happened for fear of police reprisals.

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