The man suspected of shooting a Denver officer in the neck from the backseat of a police vehicle was handcuffed behind his back at the time of the shooting, officials said Thursday.
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Investigators are still working to determine where the man, Daniel Cheeseman, hid the handgun and how it was missed when officers searched him Monday prior to placing him in the back of the vehicle, Denver police Cmdr. Matt Clark said. Police arrested Cheeseman after watching him get out of the driver’s seat of a truck that had been reported stolen, officials said. Police said they found a gun in a backpack Cheeseman was wearing, handcuffed him and drove him to the Downtown Detention Center.
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