Denver police release surveillance, body cam video in separate shootings involving officers from early June.
DENVER — Two separate shootings involving Denver police officers in the span of a day highlight “the challenge in Denver with too many guns in the community” and the importance of officers to wear bulletproof vests while out in the streets, so said Chief of Police Ron Thomas during a news conference Wednesday.
The officer – who was only identified as a corporal on District 6 who’s been with the department since 2013 – then got out of his patrol car through the driver’s side door and returned fire, using the patrol car as cover as he and the suspect fired at each other. The suspect hit the officer twice in the back and once in the lower abdomen area, but the officer’s life was saved by a bulletproof vest, Clark said. The officer is currently recovering from his wounds.
When officers responded, they were flagged down by another resident who described the suspect as a Black man wearing red pants accompanied by a white woman, who were riding away from the scene in a scooter. The juvenile suspect disobeys this command from officers and keeps running between the two housing buildings before pointing his weapon at the officers in what police described as a two-handed grip, and firing one round at them.
One of the officers who has the suspect pinned to the grass is then heard saying, “I’ll f-----g shoot you, do you understand?! I will f-----g blow your head off! Do not move!” Thomas said that the strong language was “certainly not consistent with communication in the department,” and added it’s something that the Denver Police Department will consider during the review, which could lead to the officers facing some kind of discipline.
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