The police of Denver released on the body on the body on Monday from an officer who, last week, reported an armed, fleeing teenager in Paco Sánchez Park and hit him in his leg at least once.
Officers responded to two Scot -to -Potter reports in the 1300 block of Lowell Boulevard around 10:40 am 24 February and found three Shell shells in the area, Denver Police Department CMDR. Said Matt Clark in a briefing Monday.
A resident who called 911 about the gunshots, reported a group of people to see scooters and bicycles fleeing on Lowell, and officers later found a group of four youthful men on scooters near West 13th Avenue and Knox Court and followed them to the park, Clark said.
An officer recognized one of the teenagers as a suspect in a shooting in southwestern Denver at the beginning of February where someone shot into a house while people were inside.
The officer saw the 17-year-old holding a gun in his right hand and ordered him to drop it. The officer then saw him “turning his shoulder towards him” and started shooting at the teenager, Clark said.
Body-releases camera images Of the shooting, the teenager lets run in the distance and the officer who tells him to drop the (expletive) gun, I will shoot you “, before he starts shooting a second later.
The officer shot his gun 10 times, according to the video. The police made up the teenager a little later and he can be seen on the ground with blood on the sidewalk, while the officer orders him twice to “drop the gun, I will kill you (expletively).”
“I don’t have a gun, sir,” the teenager can be heard. “You shot me for nothing.”
Officers brought a tourniquet to the teenager’s leg and he was taken to the hospital, where he is still being treated and is expected to recover, Clark said.
Researchers found a glock along the Parkpad with one round in the room and found a magazine elsewhere in the park.
The teenager is in custody on suspicion of attempted murder at the beginning of February, and a second teenager who was seen in the video was arrested on suspicion of arms costs after the police said he was wearing a glock with an extensive magazine and auto sear, that it changes to an automatic weapon.
During the briefing, police chief Ron Thomas said that he felt comfortable with the actions of the officer because “he saw an important threat to our community” and responded appropriately.
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