Tag: Shootout
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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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One dead after Federal Heights officer-involved shooting
A person died following a shootout with the police in Federal Heights on Thursday evening. The Federal Heights Police Department responded to a domestic disturbance call near the 8900 block of Federal Boulevard around 2 p.m., according to a news release from the department. Upon the officers’ arrival, the suspect vehicle allegedly rammed police units,…
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Denver police say driver rammed motorcycle into oncoming traffic, killing rider
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver Police Department arrested a man for allegedly slamming his vehicle into a motorcycle, pushing it into oncoming traffic, killing one of the riders and severely injuring another. Police arrested 45-year-old Diego Ortega-Camero Sunday on suspicion of vehicular homicide and vehicular assault after an…
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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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2 arrested after Aurora rolling shootout between cars ends in crash
A suspected shootout between two vehicles ended in a crash and two arrests, according to Aurora police officials. The Aurora Police Department officers witnessed occupants in two separate vehicles firing gunshots at each other around 12 p.m. in the area of East 11th Avenue and Jamaica Street, according to a social media post from the…
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Man sentenced to 28 years in shooting involving Commerce City Police
Oscar Gurrola and another man were arrested on Nov. 29, 2021, after one of them reportedly shot at officers, the district attorney’s office said
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Guilty plea ends 4-year investigation into biker gang shootout
The last of nine members of a dangerous motorcycle gang pleaded guilty last week in connection with a 2020 shootout in Arvada that killed one person and injured many others. The Arvada Police Department said in a news release that a “significant disturbance” happened between the Mongols and Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle gangs in July…
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Aurora police arrest second juvenile in Nov. 30 ‘gun battle’ with officers
Aurora Police arrested a second teenage suspect allegedly involved in a Nov. 30 shootout with police in a King Soopers parking lot. The 15-year-old, who’s name is not being released, was arrested around 7:15 p.m. Tuesday night near 11th Avenue and Syracuse Street in Denver. Police said the suspect faces seven charges of attempted first-degree…
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No charges against officer involved in shootout on The Hill: Boulder DA
The Boulder District Attorney announced Monday a Boulder Police officer acted reasonably and appropriately when he fired at a suspect already involved in a shootout in Boulder’s popular The Hill neighborhood early Oct. 2. Officer Eric Stephens fired his 9 mm service gun at Zakiyy Saadiq Lucas, 22, early that Sunday morning after witnessing Lucas…
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2 suspects dead after overnight shootout at RTD’s Lincoln Station
An overnight shooting with Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies left two suspects dead and a deputy injured at RTD’s Lincoln Station in Lone Tree Wednesday. The station parking lot re-opened around 12 p.m. after the suspects’ car was processed for evidence. The Douglas County Coroner was on scene this morning to identify the suspects. Officials will…