Denver police officers who shot and killed a man last year after they say he pointed a handgun at them were justified in their use of deadly force, prosecutors announced Thursday.
shot and killed a man last year
Denver District Attorney Beth McCann wrote “a jury would find that these officers had lawful justification to fire at Mr. Wagner in defense of their fellow officers and in self-defense,” inOfficers with the Denver Police Department responded to multiple calls about shots being fired in Martin Luther King Jr. Park on June 4, 2021. When they arrived at the scene, they found Wagner, 31, standing next to a Jeep Grand Cherokee, leaning into the vehicle, according to McCann’s letter.
They saw Wagner stand up from the passenger side of the Jeep holding a handgun, which he put to his head as officers ordered him to drop the weapon, according to the letter.
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