Tag: Officer-involved Shooting
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Ex-Clear Creek County sheriff’s deputy Andrew Buen convicted of criminally negligent homicide
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A jury found former Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Andrew Buen guilty of criminally negligent homicide — but not of second-degree murder — in the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Christian Glass on June 11, 2022 outside of Silver Plume. The charge is a lesser included offense in the second-degree murder charge. Buen stood at the podium…
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Deputy shot in Adams County SWAT standoff
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Editor’s note: following the incident, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office added that three deputies were shot in the standoff overall. All suffered non-life threatening injuries. A deputy was shot after the serving of a search warrant turned into a barricade situation at a home in Adams County Thursday morning. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office SWAT…
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Armed suspect killed by Adams County deputy after deadly assault of family member
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An Adams County deputy shot and killed a homicide and carjacking suspect in an exchange of gunfire Saturday morning. The Brighton Police Department said at around 8:44 a.m. Saturday, officers responded to a report of an assault victim in the 200 block of North 11th Avenue. Officers found a 72-year-old man who had been killed…
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Officers won’t face charges in fatal Commerce City shooting
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Two local police officers will not face criminal charges in an officer-involved shooting that left a man dead last summer. 17th Judicial District Attorney Brian Mason wrote a letter to corresponding police chiefs Wednesday regarding the justified use of force from Brighton Police Department Ofc. Tyler Sandusky and Commerce City Police Department Sgt. Tyler Ahlem…
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Man shot and injured in Lakewood officer-involved shooting
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Editor’s note: The Lakewood Police Department identified the suspect as 49-year-old Jason Wayne Ray. He remains hospitalized at this time and will be booked following his release. Lakewood, Denver and Golden police officers fired at, and injured, a wanted man after he allegedly fled police Tuesday. Officers with the Lakewood Police Department attempted to pull…
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Adams County deputies actions deemed justified in fatal shooting
The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office ruled three Adams County Sheriff’s Office deputies were justified in shooting and killing a wanted man in 2023. Following an investigation by the Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT), District Attorney Brian Mason announced the actions of deputies Charlie Ramos, Jarrod Losh and Jeffrey May didn’t warrant any criminal charges…
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DA clears Weld County deputy in October shooting
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A Weld County deputy who shot a suspect in late October was cleared by the Weld County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday following an investigation into the incident. Weld County District Attorney Michael Rourke issued a letter and report involving the shooting to Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams Tuesday, stating that Deputy Brian Hammond, who…
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Man shot by Aurora police after gunfire exchange Thanksgiving night
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A man was taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries after allegedly exchanging gunfire with Aurora police Thursday. Officers initially responded to an apartment complex in the 900 block of South Dawson Way — near the City Center neighborhood — around 9:30 p.m., Thursday after multiple callers reported hearing gunshots in the parking lot, according to…
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‘We want answers’ | Quiet pursuits by Thornton officers ended in violence outside their jurisdiction
In the dead of night, an undercover Thornton Police Department unit quietly followed a car with missing plates out of Thornton and into Denver and Lakewood. No lights. No sirens. Unmarked trucks. Mile after mile. The officers — each a member of the city’s IMPACT team — communicated to one another on the radio. “Coming up on…
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Man killed after fleeing traffic stop, pointing gun at officers, police say
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The Littleton Police Department shot and killed a suspect and arrested another early Tuesday morning. The shooting occurred around 3 a.m. Tuesday near the intersection of West Belleview Avenue and Keenland Court — just west of the intersection of West Belleview Avenue and South Federal Boulevard — when officers attempted to make a traffic stop. The vehicle’s…