Tag: Officer Involved Shooting
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1 hospitalized after police shooting in Northglenn Friday night
One person was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries after a police shooting in Northglenn Friday night. The shooting took place in the area of 104th Avenue and Bannock Street, the Northglenn Police Department said on social media at 10:16 p.m. Friday. One person was taken to the hospital; the extent of their injuries…
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Wheat Ridge police officer found justified in fatal shooting
A Wheat Ridge police officer was found justified in a fatal shooting by both the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office and the department’s internal investigation. The Wheat Ridge Police Department provided an update and body camera footage Friday afternoon regarding a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred on July 10 in the area of West 32nd…
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Man hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after police shooting in Weld County Tuesday
A man was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after he was shot by police in Weld County Tuesday night. Greeley Police Department officers responded to a call of a domestic incident at a residence in the 600 block of Mt. Princeton Drive in Severance around 9 p.m. Tuesday. They found a 33-year-old man sitting in his…
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Denver Police give updates on two police shootings Friday afternoon
Denver Police officials updated the public on two recent police shootings in a news conference Friday afternoon. Responding officers shot a a total of three people, killing one, in the two shootings, which took place on the Nov. 2 and Nov. 14. One other person also sustained gunshot wounds in the Nov. 2 incident, though…
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Denver police officer found justified in fatal shooting of man with pellet gun
Three Denver police officers were found justified for a fatal August shooting of a man who carried a pellet gun loaded with live ammunition. In a Monday letter to Denver Police Department Chief Ron Thomas, Denver District Attorney John Walsh exonerated Ofc. Whaylen Phares, who shot and killed Javier Nava-Carbajal, 48, in the 4900 block…
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Two clerks hit with shrapnel in fatal Denver officer-involved shooting
Denver Police Department officials detailed two officer-involved shootings that occurred over the last two weeks, including an incident where two bystanders were injured by shrapnel. Chief Ron Thomas and Major Crimes Division Commander Matt Clark met with media members Monday afternoon to discuss two separate shootings across the metro between Oct. 27 and Nov. 2, along with…
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Alleged robber dead, officer hospitalized after shooting at southeast Denver gas station
An alleged robber was shot dead by Denver police at a gas station Monday night in an incident that also sent an officer to the hospital. The officer, who suffered a non-fatal gunshot wound to the leg, was taken to Denver Health Medical Center and was in surgery as Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas was…
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Officers cleared in Broomfield hostage standoff shooting
The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office determined the actions of multiple Broomfield SWAT officers who shot and injured a man during a hostage standoff were justified as reasonable use of force. District Attorney Brian Mason wrote a decision letter to the chiefs of the Broomfield and Lafayette police departments and to the Boulder County Sheriff’s…
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Plaintiffs ask for over $13 million in damages from former DPD officer for 2022 shooting into LoDo crowd
After an eight-day civil trial, a jury will place a dollar amount on the physical and emotional pain caused by two bullets. Attorneys representing six plaintiffs injured after former Denver Police Department officer Brandon Ramos shot in the direction of a late-night LoDo crowd in July 2022 asked jurors to award over $13 million in…
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Aurora police officer found justified in 2024 fatal shooting of man holding airsoft rifle
An Aurora police officer was found justified Friday in the 2024 fatal shooting of a man holding an airsoft rifle. Brian Mason, district attorney for the 17th Judicial District, found Aurora Police Department Officer Kevin Rodier justified in his decision to fatally shoot Kory Dillard, who was carrying a black rifle, on Oct. 3, 2024,…