A Texas man says police shot him in the leg after he dropped his gun and surrendered outside his own home during a botched late-night raid, a wrong-address blunder that left his family handcuffed for hours and their house riddled with bullets and flood damage
Thomas Simpson said he stepped out of his garage with a gun to confront the alleged intruders, but then dropped the gun when he realized they were cops.
But the Grand Prairie police officers claimed they were in fear for their lives and fired several shots after he had dropped the gun. Fortunately, he was only struck once in the leg and is recovering from the gunshot wound.
However, other bullets struck the walls of his home, and he was concerned his family inside the home had been shot in their sleep. One of the bullets struck a w