No charges will be filed against the police officer who fatally shot a good Samaritan credited with saving the lives of people in Arvada’s Olde Town Square this summer. The Arvada officer, Kraig Brownlow, was legally justified when he shot Johnny Hurley, who was armed, in June as police responded to the shooting that also […]
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Slain Arvada officer Gordon Beesley had “fundamental goodness”
By Colleen Slevin, The Associated Press An Arvada police officer who was fatally shot last week by a man investigators say was intent on killing as many officers as possible was remembered Tuesday as someone with “fundamental goodness” who knew how to love others, whether it was his wife and two teenage sons or a […]
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Littwin: The tragedy in Arvada — the death of both the cop and the good Samaritan — is even worse than we imagined
The tragedy that played out in Arvada last Monday began with a phone call to the police from Ronald Troyke’s brother, warning them that Troyke was about to “do something crazy.” The warning was sadly prescient. And in America, the man who sets out to do something crazy too often does so with the aid […]
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Good Samaritan was killed by officer responding to “unspeakable tragedy” in Olde Town Arvada Square, police say
Johnny Hurley, the good Samaritan credited with saving the lives of people in Arvada’s Olde Town Square on Monday, was killed by a police officer responding to the shooting that also left Officer Gordon Beesley dead. The Arvada Police department on Friday afternoon for the first time released a timeline of the shooting that unfolded […]
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Arvada Army Navy Surplus store customer confronted gunman who ambushed officer, witness says
By Colleen Slevin and James Anderson, The Associated Press A Colorado man was shopping when he heard the gunfire that killed a suburban Denver police officer, rushed out of the store with his gun and shot the suspect, according to a worker who saw the shooting. Bill Troyanos told Denver news station KMGH-TV that he […]