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Arapahoe County man shot and killed by police identified

By May 17, 2024 | updated 2 years ago

Everett Shockley
A booking photo of 42-year-old Everett Shockley following his assault charges in Denver in 2012. Shockley was shot and killed by Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office deputies on Wednesday after he allegedly held a woman at gunpoint in her home.
Courtesy of the 2nd Judicial District Attorney's Office

The Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office identified the man who was shot and killed by sheriff’s deputies on Wednesday afternoon. 

Everett Shockley, 42, was shot and killed by the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office after allegedly holding a developmentally disabled woman at gunpoint in her home outside of Aurora. The identity of the victim was released by the coroner’s office Friday following the autopsy and notification of next-of-kin. 

Prior to Wednesday’s incident, Shockley had 17 court cases in Colorado, including menacing, assault and domestic violence stretching back to 1997, court records show.

The standoff that preceded the shooting began around 3 p.m. Wednesday when the sheriff’s office received a report that a man was holding a woman at gunpoint within her home in the 4500 block of S. Himalaya Circle.

Multiple police units responded and found Shockley and the victim barricaded in the home’s bedroom. After attempting to get Shockley to leave peacefully, police forced entry into the room. 

Shockley was allegedly holding the woman — later found to be developmentally disabled — at gunpoint. She suffered “severe” face injuries, according to a Thursday press release from the sheriff’s office, and required hospitalization.

Deputies then shot Shockley, leading to his death within the home. The deputies involved were then placed on administrative leave, per protocol, as investigators from the 18th Judicial District Critical Incident Response Team look into the incident.

Investigators later found that Shockley did not live at the home. His connection to the victim has not been released. 

Shockley’s criminal history includes cases of menacing, domestic violence and drugs in Park County in the early 2000s. He also faced an assault case in Denver in 2012 and multiple other cases throughout Douglas, Arapahoe, Adams and Jefferson County, court records show.

According to an article from Arapahoe Community College’s newspaper, The Arapahoe Pinnacle, Shockley had been attending the college in 2019 following a ten-year stint in the Department of Corrections.

Shockley noted that he had difficulty transitioning to life outside of prison and had a rocky relationship with his family. He began attending the college to study mortuary science, according to the story.

The suspect’s most recent case involved allegedly violating a restraining order on April 9 in Jefferson County. Shockley was charged with resisting arrest, obstructing a peace officer and drug possession, among other charges.

Sage Kelley

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