Four members of the Aurora Police Department will not face criminal charges for their role in the fatal shooting of a man on an RTD bus last year.
Brian Mason, the 17th Judicial District Attorney, determined two officers were justified in using deadly force and two others were justified in using physical force on Alexander Collins, 35, who had just allegedly robbed a convenience store with a large knife.
Collins’ “refusal to obey commands and his actions with a deadly weapon caused these officers to make a split-second and, indeed, reasonable judgment in a tense and quickly evolving situation,” Mason wrote in a decision letter to Aurora interim police Chief Art Acevedo. On Oct. 2, 2022, an Arapahoe County sheriff’s deputy was sent to a work-release program facility by Colfax Avenue and Moline Street to pick up Collins, who police said was violating rules and causing a disturbance.
When the deputy arrived, he saw Collins armed with a large knife and called for backup from Aurora police, authorities said.
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