A Littleton police information launch on a deadly police taking pictures stated {that a} motorcyclist had crashed previous to the taking pictures. A surveillance video, nevertheless, reveals that the officer concerned within the incident hit the motorcyclist with a police SUV to deliver the motorbike to a cease.
The police taking pictures occurred about 1:05 a.m. Feb. 2 close to the intersection of South Bannock Avenue and West Powers Avenue, in response to the Littleton Police Division. An preliminary assertion by police was launched at 3:22 a.m. that day.
“The knowledge contained in that launch, together with that the motorbike had crashed, was very preliminary info, obtained within the early hours of the scene, and was essentially the most correct info that LPD had on the time,” police stated in a press release Wednesday night.
Jeremy Jojola of 9News first reported the police division’s omission Wednesday afternoon.
A fast thread on how a press launch by @LittletonPD didn’t embody a vital element in a case by which one among their officers fatally shot a person.
Final week they despatched out this press launch, saying the suspect crashed his motorbike.
There’s way more to that “crash.” 1/ pic.twitter.com/rIZrVGSwu1
— Jeremy Jojola (@jeremyjojola) February 8, 2023
The unique police information launch on the taking pictures was up to date at 5:01 a.m. Feb. 2, to incorporate that the suspect had died. The scene was cleared by detectives and investigators at 7:23 a.m. Feb. 2, police stated.
At 11:46 a.m. Feb 3, police recognized the person who was shot as 41-year-old Stephen Poolson Jr.
The surveillance video was launched by police Wednesday, virtually per week after the taking pictures, after 9News had independently obtained a duplicate.
On the morning of the taking pictures, Poolson ran away from the downed motorbike, and police stated he pulled a gun on the officer, who then shot Poolson. Within the video clip, Poolson runs out of the body of the video clip, as does the officer who chased him.
The police taking pictures is being investigated by a crew from the native district legal professional’s workplace. The officer concerned within the taking pictures, who has not been recognized, is on paid administrative depart, per division coverage.
Littleton police on Wednesday stated they couldn’t launch additional info due to the continued investigation.
“Upon completion of the investigation, the division does plan to launch not solely the Physique Worn Digicam footage, per Colorado legislation but in addition any extra video/audio/or pertinent info that can convey as a lot info as potential to the general public,” the Wednesday police assertion stated.