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Investigators say the officer thought the man was armed with a knife when he lunged at her, but he was holding only a black marker.
Brandon Cole, 36, died after an officer fired at him twice after receiving a domestic violence complaint from a neighbor
The Denver Police Department released body camera video Monday of an August 5 incident in which one of their officers shot and killed a man who, police say, the officer believed was armed with a knife. Officers later learned the man was holding only a marker, according to Denver police.
An unarmed Denver man who was shot and killed by Denver police just over a week ago had a magic marker in his pocket. Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas told The Denver Gazette Monday that the officer who shot 36-year-old Brandon Cole thought that the marker was a knife but that Cole "was in essence unarmed, and that makes this tough."
The Denver police officer who shot and killed an unarmed man during an alleged domestic violence incident earlier this month believed the man was armed with a knife, but he was actually holding only a black marker, according to body-worn camera footage released Monday.