DENVER The family of a woman fatally shot last year in Denver has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the alleged shooter and the former police sergeant whose gun…
The father and boyfriend of 21-year-old Isabella Thallas, who was killed in a shooting while walking her dog in June 2020, have filed a lawsuit against the suspect and a former Denver police sergeant whose gun was used in the shooting.
Homicides don t get much more tragic and senseless than the June 10, 2020, slaying of 21-year-old Isabella Bella Thallas. Michael Close allegedly used an AK-47 to kill Thallas and seriously wound Darian Simon near West 30th Avenue and Fox Street after the suspect got into a verbal altercation with the victims related to the victims telling [their] dog to poop, according to a Denver Police Department report.
Although the Denver district attorney has charged Close with first-degree murder in the case, there s another complication. The AK-47 was owned by then-Denver Police officer Dan Politica, a friend of Close s who insists the weapon was stolen. Politica resigned from the DPD effective March 13, but a lawsuit filed on June 8 in Denver District Court on behalf of Joshua Thallas, Bella s father, and Simon claims that he and his company, Tyrant Arms LLC, were negligent in allowing Close to gain access to the weapon.
Denver police officer resigns after gun used in homicide
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DENVER (AP) A police sergeant in Denver has resigned nearly a year after his longtime friend used the officer s personal gun in a fatal shooting.
The Denver Post reports that Sgt. Dan Politica did not state a reason for leaving when he resigned March 13.
The officer s personal AK-47 rifle was used in a shooting that happened June 10, 2020, when Michael Close opened fire at Isabella Thallas, 21, and her boyfriend, Darian Simon, in broad daylight in downtown Denver after an argument about their dogs.
Thallas died, Simon was wounded, and Close has since pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.