The Aurora Police Department released a 911 recording and bodycam footage Thursday of the fatal shooting by two of its officers on May 4 of Jose Luis Rodriguez-Balderrama, a suspect in an earlier s…
, a 28-year-old Aurora resident, was sitting on the couch of his apartment with a gun pointed at his own head. Shots can be heard and the victim cries “Ow, he just shot me in the leg” and later reports to the dispatcher that he is hiding in a nearby apartment.
Police officers are seen waving off neighbors telling them to return to their homes unless they were witnesses. During the interview with the victim, people nearby are heard shouting “He is here” and “He in the alley.” Officers run to the opening between the row of apartments and Rodriguez-Balderrama can be seen peering into a window near the victim’s apartment with a gun in hand.
The release is part of a new information-sharing policy by interim Chief Heather Morris that seeks to provide more details of critical incidents involving officers within 30 days. “The goal is to increase our agency’s transparency and accountability,” she said on the video.
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