Regan Carney had rarely interacted with the man who came pounding on her door in the early morning hours Saturday.
The wife and mother of three said she doesn’t understand why Jose Antonio Contreras was shouting and acting irrationally. Why he was yanking a light fixture out of the wall outside the Kennewick apartment and setting the door on fire.
“He obviously feels like we did something to him,” Carney said. “I’ve never had anything like that happen to me before.” She called the police, who extinguished the fire and ultimately arrested Contreras after a standoff in his nearby apartment. Officers tried using tear gas and a Taser to subdue Contreras. After several hours, the department’s police dog, Axel, was sent in. He allegedly kicked the dog injuring it before officers went in to pull him out.