LAS VEGAS – Las Vegas police are facing a lawsuit that accuses officers, in their search for a suspect wanted for domestic violence, of allowing a K-9 to maul a tourist.
A complaint filed in District Court on Thursday stated that in June 2023, Metropolitan Police Department Officer Brayden McMahill jumped a fence onto the grounds of a multi-family residence, unlocking the gate for Officer Glenn Obsenares and his K-9 partner, Raider, to enter. Moments later, Jacey Looper, who was inside a backyard pool house on the property, was attacked.
According to the lawsuit, McMahill had been pursuing a possible battery suspect just north of the Strip. After losing sight of the suspect, he called for backup. Obsenares and Raider responded, and the three officers eventually arrived at an apartment complex in the 200 block of Boston Avenue, where Looper was staying. The suit noted that Looper, a Missouri resident, had rented a casita within the complex through Airbnb…