Denver-area police on Tuesday said that an officer who was killed in a shooting near a local library the previous day was “ambushed” and “targeted” because he was a police officer.
Arvada Police Chief Link Strate said in a press conference that Officer Gordon Beasley, who served with the police department for 19 years as a patrol, motorcycle traffic and school resource officer, was “targeted because he was wearing an Arvada Police uniform and a badge.”
“Officer Beasley was ambushed by a person who expressed hatred of police officers,” Strate said of the suspect, who was also killed Monday.
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Strate, who did not identify the suspect, said the alleged gunman’s name would be released later by the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office. A third person, described as a Samaritan, was also killed in the shooting.
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