AURORA — New Information released by the Aurora police department, an officer who attended to the first incident fatally shot and killed a guy who had drawn a gun on an alleged thief and threatened him with it. The alleged thief was subsequently detained by the police, and he was issued a court summons. According to the Aurora police, the brawl started when someone stole a rucksack. It began at approximately 2:30 in the morning on August 23 at a bus stop located close to the intersection of East Colfax Avenue and Havana Street. Officers were reportedly watching security cameras in the neighborhood when they spotted a confrontation between two guys and responded to the scene, according to a statement released by the Aurora Police Department.
Dominque Harris, 32 years old, is suspected of stealing a rucksack belonging to another man and has been recognised as the suspect. According to the police, the deceased man pulled a revolver on Harris before he was shot. Officer Caleb Parrella, according to the Aurora police department, was the one who shot the individual. He was rushed to the hospital, but he ultimately succumbed to his injuries there and passed away. An autopsy will be performed, and then the individual will be identified by the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office when his next of kin have been notified.
Parrella, who has worked for the Aurora Police agency for four years, and another officer who attended to the incident but did not fire their weapon were both placed on paid administrative leave in accordance with the protocol of the agency. Both the 18th Judicial Critical Incident Response Team and the department’s Internal Affairs Bureau are currently looking into the shooting as a possible criminal act. A separate investigation into the altercation between the two men is being conducted by the department’s serious crime homicide squad.
During a news conference, Chief Art Acevedo of the Aurora Police Department stated that police had given commands to the individual before the shooting occurred. According to his first account of the events, the incident that led to the shooting took place “in a matter of seconds” after the police officers arrived at the site. He stated that he did not believe the man had shot at officers, but he could not confirm whether or not he had fired at the alleged thief before the officers arrived. “The officer started yelling some commands to the individual, and at some point, there is a discharge of the firearm,” Acevedo stated.
On Sunday, CBS News Colorado emailed the department with a few questions, but we did not immediately receive a response from them. Acevedo added that the entire shooting was caught on film, which he claimed was done. Additionally, CBS News Colorado has asked for that footage, and the request is still being processed. Parrella, the officer who shot the man, was named in a second federal complaint filed this week for an arrest in 2021. In that case, the plaintiff, Antonio Johnson, accused Parrella and Officer Brendan Daves of using excessive force when Parrella tased him and the two pulled him out of his car with his hands were up. Parrella was included in the lawsuit since he was the officer who shot the victim. During the course of that traffic stop, Johnson expressed his concern that the officers might cause him physical harm.
The cops “were investigating a traffic violation,” “could see Mr. Johnson’s hands,” “had no reason to believe Mr. Johnson had a weapon,” and “had no reason to believe Mr. Johnson was fleeing,” the attorneys for Mr. Johnson claimed in the lawsuit that was filed on August 17th. As a result of a series of high-profile killings and events involving excessive force on the part of Aurora officers, the Aurora Police Department has come under intense scrutiny and condemnation from the community as well as the Colorado Attorney General’s Office. This is due to the fact that these incidents have occurred at the hands of Aurora officers.
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