A good guy with a gun..........

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pyscodog

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stopped a bad guy with a gun, then the cops killed the good guy.

It happened in Colorado. Seems a guy dressed in black was shooting at people and a good guy dressed in red that had a CCW shot the bad guy. Then the good guy was trying to unload the bad guys rifle and a cop thought he might be a 2nd bad guy so he shot and killed him.

I guess the Mother is suing the chief and the officer but the authorities are saying the cop did nothing wrong and no charges are being filed.
 
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A year after tragedy struck Olde Town Arvada, a family sues Arvada Police and tries to move on

By Allison Sherry
Jun. 22, 2022, 4:00 am

The active shooter was wearing black shorts, a floppy hat and tactical gear, and he had already killed an Arvada police officer. He was shooting out windows in police cars in a busy shopping and restaurant district in Olde Town Arvada during lunch hour one year ago.

Three fellow officers in a nearby substation — in shorts and polo shirts — were worried they weren’t wearing the right gear to safely face him. They instead watched the man with an AR-15 from the window as he walked toward the main square of Olde Town, according to investigative documents.

Johnny Hurley, 40, was shopping at an Army surplus store a block over and peered out the window, spotting the shooter. He ran out of the store and removed his concealed gun at his waist, beneath his shirt.

Hurley had trained for active shooter situations — not because it was part of his work, but because he wanted to help people and save lives.

Crouching down, he ran across a vacant, shady plaza with umbrellas and tables, gripping his gun as it pointed toward the ground. Hurley knelt down behind a brick wall and carefully watched the shooter. Hurley took aim and fired six rounds from his handgun, five struck the gunman, according to his lawyers.

The entire scene was captured on surveillance camera footage.

“I have to admit it's kind of exciting to see the way he handled himself,” said his mother, Kathleen Boleyn. “The way he took all the training and practice that he's had and did the right thing.”

Full Article: Colorado Public Radio



 
Yes, it's sad when an American hero dies but in this case his death was not in vain. Who knows how many more innocent people might have died had it not been for John Hurley's courage. He was not a sheep.
 
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