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Omaha Steve

(99,703 posts) Thu Jan 29, 2015, 08:00 PM Jan 2015

CHIEF: NOT CLEAR HOW OFFICER WAS HURT WHEN TEEN WAS KILLED

Source: AP

BY SADIE GURMAN

DENVER (AP) -- A Denver police officer involved in the deadly shooting of a 17-year-old girl may have been injured trying to get out of the way of a stolen car the teenager was driving, the police chief said Thursday.

The possibility raised during a preliminary investigation of the shooting clouded Chief Robert White's initial statement that two of his officers opened fire after one was struck by the car.

The shooting occurred early Monday after the officers found Jessica Hernandez and four other teenagers inside the car in an alley. White said the officers told the teens several times to get out of the vehicle.

He wouldn't comment further on Thursday about the sequence of events or what prompted the officers to fire, stressing that the investigation is in its early stages.

FULL story at link.

Denver Police Department Chief Robert White responds to questions during a news conference in Denver, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, about the death of a 17-year-old woman who was killed after she allegedly hit and injured a Denver Police Department officer while driving a stolen vehicle early Monday in a northeast Denver alley. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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And they told witnesses not to video record. Wonder why?

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CHIEF: NOT CLEAR HOW OFFICER WAS HURT WHEN TEEN WAS KILLED (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jan 2015 OP

...and their motto is... pkdu Jan 2015 #1

First reports are often very inaccurate. Good article, thanks for posting. uppityperson Jan 2015 #2

17 year old WOMAN? n/t djean111 Jan 2015 #3

Perhaps the officer panicked in the narrow ally cpwm17 Jan 2015 #4

"A passenger in the car, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of safe jtuck004 Jan 2015 #5

OT, but boy, the Denver Police sign looks like a fried egg. Demit Jan 2015 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Caffeine Free Jan 2015 #8

Disabling the driver is not going to Downwinder Jan 2015 #7

pkdu

(3,977 posts)

1. ...and their motto is...

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Jan 29, 2015, 08:04 PM

Jan 2015

Protect ourselves and Serve ourselves

uppityperson

(115,678 posts)

2. First reports are often very inaccurate. Good article, thanks for posting.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Jan 29, 2015, 08:04 PM

Jan 2015

A passenger in the car, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of safety concerns, has disputed the official account, saying officers came up on the car from behind and fired four times into the driver's side window.

The passenger also said the officers did not yell any commands before they fired, and that the car struck the officer after Hernandez was shot and lost control of the vehicle.

djean111

(14,255 posts)

3. 17 year old WOMAN? n/t

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Jan 29, 2015, 08:06 PM

Jan 2015

cpwm17

(3,829 posts)

4. Perhaps the officer panicked in the narrow ally

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Jan 29, 2015, 08:35 PM

Jan 2015

and then shot the girl? We certainly don't know the facts.

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)

5. "A passenger in the car, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of safe

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Jan 29, 2015, 08:53 PM

Jan 2015

safety concerns, has disputed the official account, saying officers came up on the car from behind and fired four times into the driver's side window."

Cops might have lied? Who could have foreseen that?

Demit

(11,238 posts)

6. OT, but boy, the Denver Police sign looks like a fried egg.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Jan 29, 2015, 09:39 PM

Jan 2015

Response to Demit (Reply #6)

Caffeine Free This message was self-deleted by its author.

Downwinder

(12,869 posts)

7. Disabling the driver is not going to

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Jan 29, 2015, 10:58 PM

Jan 2015

immediately stop a moving vehicle.

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