Sonny Almanza faces multiple first-degree murder charges in the Sept. 11 killing of 27-year-old Arvada Police Officer Dillon Vakoff. Vakoff was shot while responding to a family disturbance that spilled into a street outside a housing complex.
In a sad but all too familiar ritual, police cars from around the state descended on Lafayette Friday morning for the memorial services of a slain Arvada police officer.
"I want my son to know if daddy is killed in the line of duty, these officers out here are doing a very important job," said Chris Whiteman, who brought
Hundreds of people, including police officers from throughout Colorado, paid tribute Friday at a funeral service for Dillon Vakoff, a suburban Denver police officer who was fatally shot while trying