Tag: Officer-involved Shooting
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Aurora police shoot, kill 17-year-old who said he planned to shoot up gas station Thursday night
An Aurora police officer fatally shot a teenager Thursday night who told 911 dispatchers he planned to “shoot up” a gas station and ignored repeated commands to turn himself in. The incident is the fifth officer-involved shooting by Aurora Police Department officers this year, and potentially the third involving an individual who was not armed,…
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Aurora councilmember, attorneys criticize police chief over shooting ‘narrative’
An Aurora City councilmember and the attorneys of a man shot by an officer criticized the police chief for crafting a “narrative” about what happened — a charge that the law enforcement department denied. Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain earlier said Rajon Belt-Stubblefield escalated the situation and “created the danger.” Belt-Stubblefield, 37, was shot three…
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Denver police shot two men holding non-lethal guns in span of days
Over the span of a few days at the end of last month, Denver Police Department officers shot two men holding non-lethal guns. Both suspects in the officer-involved shootings on Aug. 22 and 25, respectively, possessed guns police thought were “real” but turned out not to be, Denver police officials said at a news conference…
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Greeley police officer found justified in May fatal shooting Friday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Weld County District Attorney Michael Rourke on Friday found a Greeley police officer justified in the May shooting of a man wielding a knife. Charges will not be filed against Patrol Officer Steven Weichel, who fired four shots at Sean Ybarra at around 2 p.m.…
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Man dead after officer-involved shooting in southeast Denver Friday morning
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver police shot and killed a man while responding to a domestic violence call in southeast Denver early Friday morning. Officers initially responded to an shots fired call placed just after 4 a.m. Friday originating from an apartment complex in the 4900 block of East…
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17th Judicial District Attorney finds Thornton officer justified in October shooting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Seventeenth Judicial District Attorney Brian Mason found a Thornton police officer justified in the October fatal shooting of a man involved in a standoff with police. Thornton Police Department Ofc. Robert Smedley shot and killed William Skells at the end of a prolonged shootout that…
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Police shooting in Denver sends man to hospital
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One person ended up in the hospital with a gunshot wound fired by a Denver Police Department officer late Tuesday as police investigated an illegal fireworks call. The incident began just before 9 p.m. Tuesday, when two officers were patrolling the 4300 block of North…
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Fort Collins man arrested after officer-involved shooting
A Fort Collins man was booked into the Larimer County Jail on multiple felony charges Sunday after being shot by police earlier this month. Fort Collins Police Department officers officially arrested 49-year-old Eugene Reinersman on Sunday after an officer-involved shooting that occurred on June 15. The department received a 911 call regarding an argument at a…
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Man dead after police shooting in front of Denver school
A man is dead and a woman is on the run after a police shooting in front of a Denver middle school Monday night. The incident, which occurred in the 900 block of South Hazel Court, began at about 10:30 p.m. Monday, when a caller notified police of two individuals near the front of a…
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Man dies after police chase, shooting on University of Northern Colorado campus
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The man who died after police shot him during a chase through the University of Northern Colorado campus in Greeley Wednesday evening has been identified. Theodore Lee Rybus, 41, of Greeley, was identified as the man whom police shot during a chase on foot through…