2026年7月13日 美国东部时间13:10 / CBS新闻
记者 乔纳森·维利奥蒂
乔纳森·维利奥蒂是CBS新闻驻洛杉矶通讯员。他的报道足迹遍布六大洲三十多个国家和地区。
何塞·桑切斯
当警察接到亚利桑那州钱德勒市某社区关于一名男子持枪威胁的报警电话后，马克·特鲁希略出门试图提醒警官，他的妻子和年幼的孩子就在隔壁家中。接下来发生的事彻底改变了他的人生。
CBS新闻获取的随身摄像头和Ring监控摄像头录像还原了分秒不差的事发经过。街道一端的警员大喊着让邻居放下武器，随后开枪射击。街道另一端的警员始终没收到嫌疑人已被制服的消息。
“我记得当时用手做了个手势，还说了一句‘你们会打到我家的’，仅此而已，”特鲁希略告诉CBS新闻。
五秒后，特鲁希略也中弹了——据钱德勒警方称，一名警察误将他认成了嫌疑人。
“我们打中了一个无辜的人，”随身摄像头录像中可以听到一名警员说道。
特鲁希略的脊柱被打断。这位五个孩子的父亲再也无法行走。
“我就这么倒在地上，我的孩子和妻子就在那扇门后看着我。我躺在这儿大喊救命，”他说。
全美数十起类似案件
CBS新闻对全美各地的警方记录、随身摄像头录像、法庭文件和当地新闻报道进行梳理后发现，自2015年以来，已有超过50起无辜旁观者遭警察枪击的案件。部分事件的混乱随身摄像头录像显示，旁观者被卷入交火会造成附带伤害。
执法监督机构告诉CBS新闻，实际案件数量可能更高。目前没有官方机构对这类事件进行统计追踪。
“司法部，也就是我们的联邦政府，本应统计这些数据，”代表马克·特鲁希略的律师本杰明·泰勒说道。
除了亲人遭受创伤、受伤或死亡之外，在大多数甚至全部案件中，家属都无法获得经济援助来支付医疗或丧葬费用。
由于需要接受多次手术和医疗护理，加上收入损失，特鲁希略已对钱德勒警察局及该市提起诉讼，索赔5000万美元。
马克·特鲁希略在亚利桑那州钱德勒市遭警察枪击后瘫痪，当时警方正在应对其邻居的报警求助。 CBS新闻
泰勒告诉CBS新闻，这类案件很难胜诉，因为警察受所谓的“合格豁免权”保护，该条款可以保护政府雇员免受民事诉讼。
在法律文件中，钱德勒市及其警方的律师辩称，涉事警员当时正在执行公务，不存在疏忽行为。诉讼仍在进行中，尚未结案。
特鲁希略案件中的涉事警员已被排除任何刑事不当行为。CBS新闻联系了钱德勒警察局，请求采访局长了解这起案件。一名发言人表示，由于诉讼正在进行，他们不接受采访。
诉讼面临重重障碍
美国警察兄弟会推动将合格豁免权写入法律，而非仅依赖最高法院的判例。
“这一原则对执法人员尤为重要，他们需要这种保护，才能履行执法和公共安全的自由裁量职能，”该组织主席帕特里克·约斯今年在给国会的信中写道。
今年5月，加利福尼亚州的一个家庭无法寻求法律救济，此前洛杉矶陪审团裁定洛杉矶警察局无需为一名警察2021年在伯灵顿外套工厂门店内枪杀14岁的瓦伦蒂娜·奥雷利亚纳-佩拉尔塔承担责任。当时这名女孩正在店内更衣室里，而警察正在向一名嫌疑人开枪。她的父亲提起了 wrongful death（过失致死）诉讼。
该家庭的律师称这起案件是他职业生涯中“最毁灭性的损失”。
在对全美各地警察的采访中，许多人告诉CBS新闻，因在执勤中使用枪支而被起诉的威胁，使得他们更难开展工作。执法界也普遍担忧，这可能会影响招募新警员的能力。
“我们知道有优秀的警员，但当一名警官犯了错误，他们需要为自己的行为负责，”泰勒说道。
Innocent bystander shot by police is one of dozens of cases nationwide, CBS News investigation finds
2026-07-13 13:10 EDT / CBS News
By Jonathan Vigliotti Correspondent
Jonathan Vigliotti is a CBS News correspondent based in Los Angeles. Vigliotti’s reporting has taken him to more than three dozen countries and territories across six continents.
Jose Sanchez
When police responded to a Chandler, Arizona, neighborhood for a call about a man armed with a gun making threats, Mark Trujillo said he went outside to warn officers his wife and young children were inside their home next door. What happened next would change his life forever.
Body camera and Ring camera footage obtained by CBS News show a second-by-second account. Officers on one end of the street yelled for the neighbor to drop his gun and then opened fire on him. Officers on the other end never got the message the suspect was down.
“I remember making a gesture with my hand, but saying, ‘you’re gonna hit my house,’ and that’s it,” Trujillo told CBS News.
Five seconds later, Trujillo was also hit — shot by an officer who, according to Chandler Police, mistook Trujillo for the suspect.
“We have an innocent,” one officer can be heard saying on the bodycam footage.
Trujillo’s spine was severed. The father of five will never walk again.
“I fell right there and my children and my wife saw me from that door. I was laying right here yelling for help,” he said.
Dozens of cases around the country
A CBS News review of police records, body camera footage, court documents and local news reports from around the country found more than 50 cases since 2015 of innocent bystanders shot by police. Chaotic bodycam footage from some of the incidents shows the collateral damage when bystanders are caught in the crossfire.
Law enforcement watchdogs told CBS News the number of cases is likely higher. There’s no organization officially tracking this issue.
“The Department of Justice, our federal government, should be keeping track of these stats,” attorney Benjamin Taylor, who represents Mark Trujillo, said.
Aside from the trauma, injury or death of a loved one, in most if not all cases families have no path to get financial assistance to cover medical or funeral bills.
Because of the surgeries and medical care he’s needed, along with lost wages, Trujillo filed a lawsuit against the Chandler Police Department and city, demanding $50 million.
Mark Trujillo was left paralyzed after being shot by police in Chandler, Arizona, when they responded to a call about his neighbor. CBS News
Taylor told CBS News these cases are hard to win because officers are covered by what’s known as qualified immunity, which can shield government employees from civil lawsuits.
In legal filings, attorneys for the city of Chandler and its police department argue the officers were doing their jobs and were not negligent. The litigation is ongoing and has not been resolved yet.
The officers in Trujillo’s case were cleared of any criminal wrongdoing. CBS News reached out to the Chandler Police Department to request an interview with the chief about this case. A spokesperson said that because of the lawsuit, they are not granting interviews.
Lawsuits face challenges
The Fraternal Order of Police has pushed to have qualified immunity put into law, instead of relying on Supreme Court precedent.
“This doctrine is especially important to law enforcement officers, who need this protection to perform discretionary functions fundamental to law enforcement and public safety,” the group’s president, Patrick Yoes, wrote to Congress this year.
In May, a California family was unable to seek recourse after a Los Angeles jury found the LAPD was not liable for an officer’s fatal shooting of 14-year-old Valentina Orellana-Peralta. The girl was in a changing room behind a wall inside a Burlington Coat Factory store when officers opened fire at a suspect in 2021. Her father filed the wrongful death lawsuit.
The family’s attorney called the case “the most devastating loss” of his career.
In interviews with police officers across the country, many told CBS News the threat of being sued for using their firearms in the line of duty makes it more difficult to do their jobs. There is also genuine concern in the law enforcement community about how this may impact the ability to recruit new officers.
“We understand that there are good officers out there, but when an officer makes a mistake, they need to be held accountable for their actions,” Taylor said.
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