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 […]
Olde Town Arvada shooting
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Opinion: Talking about the “mean streets” of Arvada isn’t a joke anymore
My kids always loved the cookies at Rheinlander Bakery in Olde Town Arvada – big iced cookies shaped like frogs or butterflies. Later they ventured into the pastry case to try éclairs and tiramisu, but well into high school, they would still go for a chocolate-and-sprinkles covered marshmallow pop. I, the grownup, invented excuses to […]
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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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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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Police officer on leave following shooting that killed 3 in Olde Town Arvada
DENVER — A police officer involved in a shooting that killed three people in a Denver suburb has been put on administrative leave, suggesting that the officer may have shot one of the people who died. Killed in Monday’s shooting in Arvada were a fellow officer, a man police have described as a suspect and […]