As officers closed on the suspect, the suspect turned and fired multiple times at one of the officers, Chief Doug Stephens said.
According to prosecutors, Karrar Noaman Al Khammasi shot Officer Duzel after being kicked out of an Uber car for being “handsy."
The indictment comes just over two years after Elijah McClain, 23, died after being detained by the officers and injected with the sedative ketamine by paramedics.
An officer came around the corner, sensed some kind of threat and and fired a shot, which hit another officer.
“If our folks don’t comply with it in the time that is allotted by the mayor’s office and the Department of Public Health and Environment, then I am prepared to do what is necessary to hold people in compliance and hold people accountable,” said Murphy Robinson, executive director of the Department of Public Safety.
Officer Ashley Haarmann died after a reportedly 200-foot fall from a mountain path, according to BPD. Her body was covered with the American flag by members of the of BPD Command Staff before it was escorted out of the park late Thursday night.
“Actually, there were two customers that ran out and John Hurley was just faster and made it. As some eyewitnesses say, he took down the shooter,” said store manager Stephen Cohen.
A 4-page document believed to have been written by the shooter before his death was found in the suspect's apartment.
“While we yet don’t have all the facts, I can tell you that Gordon was targeted because he was wearing an Arvada police uniform and a badge,” Chief Link Strate said. “Officer Beasley was ambushed by a person who expressed hatred of police officers.”
Officer Gordon Beesley was fatally shot when he rushed to Olde Town Arvada to engage a shooter who shot and killed another man.
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