Harmony Wolfgram Colorado Police Shooting Butane Lighter Update
For the second time in less than two weeks, metro area prosecutors have signed off on an officer-involved shooting in which the officer thought the suspect had a gun — but didn't. In the first case, 18th Judicial District DA John Kellner's office declined to prosecute a Castle Rock police officer for the December 2020 wounding of James Woodall; the officer reportedly thought Woodall had taken a shot at him. Actually, Woodall was holding a knife and wasn't close enough to anyone to be an immediate threat; the blast came from a less-than-lethal shotgun fired by one of the officer's colleagues...