Investigation of police shooting in Olde Town Arvada presented to Jefferson County district attorney

A captious incidental effect team’s probe into an Olde Town Arvada shooting incident that killed 3 radical — an officer, a bully Samaritan and a fishy — has been presented to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office. The CIRT probe focuses connected a constabulary shooting successful the case.

Colorado First Judicial District (Jefferson and Gilpin counties) Critical Incident Response Team presented its findings Thursday and Jefferson County District Attorney Alexis King and a “team of prosecutors volition behaviour a thorough reappraisal of the probe and each the grounds collected by the CIRT,” the territory attorney’s bureau said successful a quality release.

The CIRT investigation, specifically into the shooting involving an serviceman from the Arvada Police Department, was led by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from different Jefferson County instrumentality enforcement agencies and investigators successful the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office.

“No officers from the Arvada Police Department performed captious duties related to the investigation,” the merchandise said.

Johnny Hurley, the bully Samaritan who carried a concealed weapon truthful helium could support himself and others, drew his limb and confronted a gunman successful Olde Town. He was killed a abbreviated clip aboriginal by a responding Arvada officer. Hurley was holding the gunman’s AR-15 aft shooting him erstwhile the serviceman arrived, constabulary said astatine the time.

Also killed successful the June 21 shooting incidental was Gordon Beesley, a 19-year seasoned of the Arvada section who served arsenic a schoolhouse assets serviceman astatine Oberon Middle School. Beesley was working successful the patrol division portion schoolhouse was retired for the summer.

Ronald Troyke had ambushed Beesley, anterior to being changeable and killed by Hurley. Hurley’s actions apt saved the lives of others who were successful the Olde Town country that day, constabulary said.

The DA’s bureau withheld “additional statements” Thursday citing the ongoing investigative review.

Upon completion of the review, the DA’s bureau volition find if charges should beryllium filed against the serviceman involved. If nary charges are filed, the territory lawyer volition people a study outlining the decision. The study volition beryllium disposable to the public.