officer-involved shooting
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Wheat Ridge police officer found justified in fatal shooting
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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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Officers cleared in Broomfield hostage standoff shooting
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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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Plaintiffs ask for over $13 million in damages from former DPD officer for 2022 shooting into LoDo crowd
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After an eight-day civil trial, a jury will place a dollar amount on the physical and emotional pain caused by two bullets. Attorneys representing six plaintiffs injured after former Denver Police Department officer Brandon Ramos shot in the direction of a late-night LoDo crowd in July 2022 asked jurors to award over $13 million in…
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Aurora police officer found justified in 2024 fatal shooting of man holding airsoft rifle
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An Aurora police officer was found justified Friday in the 2024 fatal shooting of a man holding an airsoft rifle. Brian Mason, district attorney for the 17th Judicial District, found Aurora Police Department Officer Kevin Rodier justified in his decision to fatally shoot Kory Dillard, who was carrying a black rifle, on Oct. 3, 2024,…
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Denver district attorney exonerates officers in shooting of man holding BB gun
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Denver District Attorney John Walsh announced Thursday that Denver Police Department officers were justified in the shooting of a man holding a BB gun a month prior. Cpl. Valentin Kerchev, as well as Officers Jonathan Hayes and Randall Wells shot and injured 62-year-old Allan Scott while responding to an Aug. 25 call that Scott was…
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Shooting spree in Denver and Lakewood leaves 5 dead, including suspect; police officer wounded
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Authorities are giving an update after an officer was injured in a shooting near the Belmar shopping center Monday evening. A shooting spree that began in Denver and ended in Lakewood Monday night left five people dead, including the suspected shooter. Three others, including a Lakewood police officer, were also wounded, according to Lakewood and…
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Gov. John Hickenlooper orders flags lowered across Colorado to honor slain Douglas County deputy
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Gov. John Hickenlooper on Sunday afternoon ordered flags lowered to half-staff immediately on all public buildings statewide until sunset Tuesday in honor of Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputy Zackari Parrish, who died in the line of duty responding to a domestic disturbance at an apartment complex in Highlands Ranch. Flags should be lowered from sunrise to sunset, the…
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Trump, Colorado officials express ‘deepest condolences’ for victims in Douglas County shooting
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President Donald Trump offered his condolences Sunday morning to the victims of a shooting in Highlands Ranch that killed one Douglas County sheriff’s deputy and wounded six others, including four deputies. “My deepest condolences to the victims of the terrible shooting in Douglas County @dcsheriff, and their families. We love our police and law enforcement…
