Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Name Not Disclosed
Gender : Male
Age : 72
Race : Unknown
Date : 02/10/2025
Location : 200 block of N. 11th Avenue
City : Brighton
County : Adams
State : Colorado
Agency : Adams County Sheriff's Office
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during response to crime spree
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On February 10, 2025, at approximately 8:44 a.m., Brighton police officers responded to a home on the 200 block of N. 11th Avenue in Brighton, Colorado, where they discovered a 72-year-old man deceased from a violent assault. The man, identified as a family member, fled the scene in a silver Honda CR-V before police arrived. About an hour later in Thornton, the suspect was involved in a vehicle crash and carjacked a Camaro at knifepoint. Around 9:40 a.m., an Adams County Sheriff's deputy located the man at another family member's home near E. 160th Avenue and Washington Street. When confronted, the man fired a weapon at the deputy, who returned fire, fatally shooting him. The Adams County Critical Incident Team is investigating the officer-involved shooting.
