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DC Urbie Fired Gun Again?
posted (June 20, 2016)
Remember Detective Constable Urbie Alamilla? He's the police officer who fired 3 shots in the air in Ladyville on Friday, June 10th. He was hanging out and drinking with some friends on Perez Road when he pulled out his gun and shot in the air. He told us he did it to defend his cousin. A video that was taken after the incident shows an apparently inebriated Alamilla slumped on the street beside a car. Now as we told you, Alamilla was not criminally charged because police determined that he did not point the gun at anyone so no one's life was in danger. But while Alamilla got off with just disciplinary action in that case, he won't be escaping charges for another Saturday night shootout. Yes, that's right! Alamilla fired his gun in public AGAIN! But this time it was inside a crowded restaurant where a woman was injured. Today police told us more about what happened in the Green Jade restaurant and what is being done to address Alamilla's lawless behavior:

ACP Edward Broaster - OC. Eastern Division Rural
"On Saturday 18th of June, we had a report of shots fired in Ladyville at the corner of Phillip Goldson Highway on Poinsettia Street. Upon arriving police officers encountered one, Ashley Haylock, 24 years who reported having a conflict with one, Mr. Elvis Borland, where Urbie Alamilla separated then. He then reportedly exited the establishment and saw when Alamilla took out a firearm and fired a single shot to the ground in the establishment where bullet fragments injured one female, Sharmaine Bainton, to her arm. Alamilla then fled the scene and Alamilla, yes, is the same police officer who had fired shots about a week ago and he has since been detained and is being charged for discharging firearm in the public and causing a wound to Ms. Sharmaine Bainton."

Reporter
"Is it a case where this police officer was intoxicated?"

ACP Edward Broaster - OC. Eastern Division Rural
"From all the investigation indicating, yes, due to alcohol. I believe that his commander will seek help for him in relation to his alcoholic problem obviously. There is only so much things that we can do. Hopefully the investigation will not reveal that it's a firearm from his branch that he had."

Alamilla has been charged with discharging a firearm in public and wounding. He will be placed on interdiction. Police say they are still trying to find out where Alamilla got this second gun from because they have the weapon that he used in the Perez road incident. Police also searched Alamilla's house but found no gun. About 11 people were in the restaurant at the time.

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