Tag: Police Shooting
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Man killed in Edgewater police shooting
A 48-year-old man has died after exchanging gunfire with Edgewater police on Saturday. The Edgewater Police Department said Barry Michael Sullivan was shot at least once Saturday and later died at a local hospital, according to a news release posted Monday on the department’s official Facebook page. The incident started near West 24th Avenue and…
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1 hospitalized after police shooting in Wheat Ridge
One person was hospitalized Saturday after a police shooting and ensuing chase in Wheat Ridge. Edgewater Police have not provided many details about the shooting so far, but did say in a Saturday social media post that the incident began in Edgewater and made its way into northern Wheat Ridge. The suspect was hospitalized as…
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Adams County deputy who was shot in stable condition, another man dies in hospital
An Adams County Sheriff’s Office deputy is stable — though likely still in critical condition, as he remains in the intensive care unit — while a man died after both suffered gunshot wounds from what appeared to be a shootout at an apartment complex on Friday morning, officials said. During a news briefing on Friday…
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3 officers found justified in 2024 shooting of suicidal, hatchet-wielding man
Three Adams County Sheriff’s Office deputies were found justified Tuesday in the 2024 shooting of a man who charged at them while carrying a hatchet. Deputies Eric Dobitz, Brandon Reinhardt and Claudio Hernandez face no criminal charges for shooting and killing Micah McCartney during a suicidal welfare check on Nov. 30, 2024, according to a…
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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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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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Denver police kill man after he allegedly threatened them with a stake
Denver police shot and killed a man while responding to a burglary call early Friday morning after he allegedly threatened them by brandishing a stake in his hand. The incident took place around 2 a.m. in the 3200 block of South Parker Road. Police mistook the stake for some sort of large knife and opened…
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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…