Author: Olivia Prentzel, The Gazette

A grand jury will decide if two Colorado Springs police officers were legally justified when they shot and killed 19-year-old De’Von Bailey, the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced Friday. The DA’s Office normally reviews officer-involved shootings and routinely clears the officers of wrongdoing. Friday’s announcement comes nearly two months after Bailey, 19, was shot…

Gov. Jared Polis recommended Thursday that an independent review be conducted into the Colorado Springs police shooting of 19-year-old De’Von Bailey, saying it would “maintain public trust and confidence” in a controversial case. Such review is important, given the racial tensions across the nation and questions raised by the city residents, Polis said in a…

Nearly 2,000 people are asking state Attorney General Phil Weiser for an independent investigation into the Aug. 3 officer-involved shooting that killed a young black man in Colorado Springs. That many people had signed a petition on OrganizeFor.org as of Monday evening, demanding a separate probe into the slaying of 19-year-old De’Von Bailey, who was shot in the back…

Colorado Springs police body camera footage released Thursday shows two officers fatally shoot De’Von Bailey in the back after confronting him over a reported armed robbery. The cameras worn by Sgt. Alan Van’t Land and Officer Blake Evenson show Bailey, 19, and cousin Lawrence Stoker put their hands up, per police order, after the officers…