Four Denver police officers were found justified in using deadly force against an armed robbery suspect in October at a Maverik convenience store.

Alec Garcia, Vincent Roldan, Brian Martinez and Marco Nunez were found justified in the Oct. 27, 2025 fatal shooting of Hosea Rashid Moore, 35, who was holding two female employees at gunpoint inside the store in the 3200 block of South Parker Road that evening, according to a Friday decision letter from District Attorney John Walsh. They shot the man 30 times, investigators found.

Roldan was hospitalized during the incident after he was shot by Moore in the upper left thigh and applied a tourniquet on himself during the incident, according to the letter. He was taken by ambulance to Denver Health for surgery and the bullet was recovered.

“After a thorough review of the evidence in the case, I believe that the use of force by Officers Garcia, Roldan, Martinez, and Nunez was justified based on Colorado law regarding use of force in self-defense and in defense of others,” Walsh said in a corresponding news release. “Therefore, no criminal charges will be filed against any of the officers, whose courageous actions may very well have saved lives — their own and those of the store clerks.”

Moore first entered the store at 8:41 p.m. that day, calmly speaking to both female clerks at the checkout counter before pulling a handgun from his pants and pointing it at one of the clerks, saying “Ma’am, it just got real,” according to the letter. He then told her to lock all the entrance doors, turn off the lights and call the police.

“I’m not going to hurt you, or her … I just want the cops to be here,” Moore said to the clerk, according to surveillance footage detailed in the letter.

The other clerk used her cellphone at 8:46 p.m. to call 911 and report the robbery. Both Denver and Aurora police responded to the gas station, according to the letter. Denver officers Garcia and Nunez arrived first, and Garcia tried to kick the front door down, setting off the alarm.

Inside, Moore began yelling and fired a gunshot that was heard by officers outside, according to the letter.

Roldan and Martinez joined the other officers at the west doors, and Roldan used a tool to shatter the glass, according to the letter. Then, one by one, the officers ducked through the opening and into the store.

As the officers entered the store, identifying themselves and yelling for Moore to drop the gun, the man fired two more gunshots from a seated position in front of the glass refrigerator doors, according to the letter. The store’s shelves hid him from the view of the officers as they fanned out in his direction.

After Garcia fired a bullet in the glass cooler to his right, Moore moved away from the doors to the end of the row of shelves closest to him, according to the letter. He then fired three shots in the direction of Roldan and Garcia, one of which hit Roldan in the leg.

Then, as Martinez rounded a corner of a shelf row to Moore’s left, the suspect turned to fire at the officer, according to the letter. At that moment, simultaneous gunfire broke out from all five parties; one bullet hit Moore’s gun, causing him to lose control of it.

Despite the fact he was hit by several bullets to his body and head, Moore was initially still alive, according to the letter. He was taken to Denver Health by ambulance, where he died shortly after arriving.

The following day, Interim Chief Medical Examiner Sterling McLaren performed an autopsy on Moore and found 30 entrance wounds, according to the letter. Both clerks were also injured in the gunfire, with one shot in the leg and another receiving foot wounds that appeared to have been caused by bullet fragments.

In total, investigators found 67 spent cartridge cases on the scene, 10 fired by Moore and the rest by the officers, according to the letter.

Because the clerks appeared to be in imminent danger of being killed or seriously injured, Walsh determined that it was necessary for the officers to use force in coming to their rescue. Additionally, even though the clerks were injured in the shootout, he noted that the officers were coming to their rescue and thus should not face charges for those injuries.

“Under the circumstances presented in this extremely dangerous and fast-moving situation in which the officers were placing themselves in harm’s way to save the clerks’ lives,” Walsh wrote, “I do not conclude that they acted recklessly or with criminal negligence.”