Tag: Officer Involved Shooting
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Aurora officer stabbed in head with ‘butcher knife,’ suspect dead in shooting
An Aurora police officer remains hospitalized and a man is dead after a stabbing and police shooting near Cherry Creek State Park, Aurora Police Department officials said Thursday. On Friday afternoon, the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office identified the suspect as 23-year-old Amare James Garlington and declared his cause and manner of death to be homicide…
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Officers involved in Broomfield shooting justified in using deadly force
Three Broomfield Police Department officers were found justified in shooting and killing a man last summer. Seventeenth Judicial District Attorney Brian Mason sent a letter to the Broomfield Police Department on Tuesday, clearing officers Keith Hartman, Drew Fitch and Benjamin Mestdagh of any criminal charges following the shooting of 34-year-old Scott Hansen on June 5,…
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Denver police found justified in shooting of rod-wielding alleged burglar
Two Denver police officers were found justified in the fatal November shooting of a man suspected of burglarizing a home who approached them with a knife sharpening rod. Officers Michael Vasquez and Whaylen Phares were deemed to have acted in a proper manner in defending themselves against what they perceived to be the immediate threat…
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Arrest affidavit details ambush of Adams County deputy who was shot
The only living suspect in a January shooting of an Adams County Sheriff’s Office deputy gave a conflicting report to investigators about what happened that morning. But evidence shows one man distracted the deputy while the other ambushed him with gunfire. Angel Toledo, 19, faces charges of assault and felony menacing over his involvement in…
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Edgewater police shoot suspect in Wheat Ridge
A man is in critical condition following an officer-involved shooting in Wheat Ridge on Saturday morning. An Edgewater Police Department officer was patrolling in the area of West 24th Avenue and Pierce Street around 10:30 a.m. when they saw a GMC Yukon, according to a news release from the department. The officer attempted to contact…
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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…