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1 man stands watch over fallen Arvada officer s memorial
This is the second time Don Rohacek has held watch over a Colorado police officer s memorial in three months. Author: Kelly Reinke (9NEWS) Updated: 4:44 AM MDT June 30, 2021
ARVADA, Colo. Since the beginning, someone has watched over the memorial of Officer Gordon Beesley who was shot and killed in Arvada on June 21 – the Colorado Fallen Hero Foundation selects a volunteer to do this job.
Don Rohacek has held this job twice in the last three months – in Boulder for Officer Eric Talley and Arvada for Officer Beesley.
The memorial for Officer Beesley began to grow in the moments after he was shot and killed. While in Alaska, Rohacek got a call from the Colorado Fallen Hero Foundation that an officer had died in the line of duty. He took the next flight out and began watching over the memorial at Arvada Police headquarters the next day.
Colleen Slevin May 06, 2021 - 4:18 PM
DENVER - A man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket surrendered after being shot by a police officer who waited for him to come into view down a store aisle, according new information about the shooting released Thursday.
The details were contained in a district attorney s report that found Boulder officer Richard Steidell was justified in shooting Ahmad Alissa and said his shots stopped the attack.
âOfficer Steidell s shots were the last ones fired by anyone inside the King Soopers on March 22, District Attorney Michael Dougherty said in the report.
Alissa is accused of killing nine shoppers and workers inside and outside the store as well as Officer Eric Talley, one of the first three police officers who entered the store. He also was charged with attempted first-degree murder after authorities said shots were fired at 19 other people, including 11 law enforcement officers.
Alissa is accused of killing nine shoppers and workers inside and outside the store as well as Officer Eric Talley, one of the first three police officers who entered the store. He also was charged with attempted first-degree murder after authorities said shots were fired at 19 other people, including 11 law enforcement officers.
Alissa‘s defense team has suggested he suffers from mental illness. But they have not offered any other details about his condition.
According to the new report, Steidell was part of the second wave of police officers who entered the store after Talley was killed near the cash registers.