Here’s a front view of the duplex. Cory, Chanteal, and Ticorriana lived on your right. Jamie Smith and Audrey Davis on your left.

Here’s a close-up of Maye’s side of the duplex.

Here’s the back. This is the door that volunteer officer Phillip Allday kicked open, and that Ron Jones entered when Maye fired. When I was at the duplex, I imagined being a cop, knowing that I’d just attempted to kick down the front door, and that I and my fellow officers had just attempted to kick down the back. The place is very small. It’s utterly unfathomable to me that, had I known there was someone involved with drugs inside, I would enter the building with my gun still in its holster.

After visiting the duplex, I’m convinced that the raiding officers that night didn’t think there was anyone inside the Maye side of the duplex.

(Note: I originally had photos from inside the apartment posted here. The current resident, who gave me permission to take them for publication, has since asked that I take them down. I don’t think they’re so pertinent to the discussion as to justify upsetting the current occupant. So I’ve agreed.)

Here’s the main room inside Cory’s apartment. Obviously, someone else lives there, now. So disregard the furniture inside.

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Another view.

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Here’s an inside view of the back door. The door is essentially in the same condition it was in the night of the raid. I’ll have some more on the door frame after I get confirmation on a few facts.

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Here’s the bedroom view from the door.

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By my approximation, this is about the view of the door Cory had the night of the raid. Save, of course, for the fact that it was dark.

This entry was posted on Saturday, March 18th, 2006 at 11:42 am by Radley Balko and is filed under Cory Maye, Photo Blogging. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.