Denver police release video of officers being ambushed SAME DAY part 2

Denver police release video of officers being ambushed SAME DAY part 2
MLK BOULEVARD/FOREST STREET SHOOTING

The second shooting occurred in northeast Denver in the area of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Forest Street, police said.

At about 7:30 p.m., a ShotSpotter alert for suspected shots fired was dispatched for the area of MLK Boulevard and Cherry Street, police said.

Two police officers, with District 2, responded to the scene about two minutes later. A person matching a suspect description was found at 7:33 p.m. and fled on a scooter, Clark said, while police pursued in a patrol vehicle. The pursuit later became a foot chase, ending at MLK and Forest.

The video shows an officer chasing the juvenile suspect, grasping his handgun in both hands and yelling profanity-laced commands. Clark said the juvenile fired “at least once at the officer” before the officer returned fire.

Video shows the officer fire a burst of successive shots and the juvenile drops to the ground. It is not clear in the video when the juvenile fired.

The officer, who also wasn’t identified, was hit by a round in the magazine of his duty belt, Clark said. He was bruised, taken to a hospital and treated and released. The officer has been with the department since 2017. He was involved in a prior police shooting in 2019.

“I’ve been shot,” the officer says as his partner puts handcuffs on the juvenile. The juvenile, who survived the shooting, is being held at the Gilliam Youth Services Center, Clark said.

The juvenile was armed with a Taurus 9mm handgun with a drum magazine that can hold 50 rounds of ammunition, police said. It was recovered at the scene and is evidence in the case.

The Zuni Street shooting video is surveillance footage from the hotel, which has no audio, with radio communications added to the clip, police said.

The MLK Boulevard video is from the body-worn camera of the “involved officer,” police said.

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