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The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has released the identity of a suspect shot and killed by deputies near Sedalia last month, along with body camera and dash-camera footage of the incident that shows frantic officers opening fire on a man they believed had shot at another deputy. The sheriff’s office announced Aug. 31 on Twitter that officers had shot and killed an armed suspect, now confirmed as Paul Askins, 61, of Colorado Springs, but declined to release his identity prior to Sept. 17, citing the open investigation. Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock said a routine stop for a traffic violation escalated into the shooting when officers attempted to question Askins, who they now know was wanted for two felony warrants and had a criminal history in Colorado and Texas. “I just wanted to have the opportunity to share with you a little bit of information about what took place on Aug. 31,†Spurlock said at a Sept. 17 news conference. The shooting began when the driver of a pickup truck was pulled over for making an unsafe turn in front of two deputies on US Highway 85 near Delva Road at approximately 4:41 p.m. that day.
Officers spoke to the truck’s occupants for roughly 20 minutes and after checking identifications, learned the driver had a restraining order against her for a man matching Askins’ description. Askins was a passenger in the vehicle’s backseat.While officers tried to determine if Askins was in fact the protected person in that retraining order, he gave them multiple names, raising their suspicion, Spurlock said. They had asked Askins to get out of the vehicle so they could further question him when he opened the truck’s door with a handgun pointed at them. In total, three officers were involved in the shooting — two deputies who made the initial traffic stop while working from the same vehicle and a third undercover officer who was in the area at the time of the call and stopped to assist them. Footage shows the undercover officer and one deputy were to the left and rear of the truck as a third deputy stood on the truck’s right, back passenger door where Askins was seated.
The deputy asked Askins to exit the truck moments before he opened the door with a gun raised. The deputy sprung back, falling down into the ditch and appeared to shoot at Askins from the ground. Within seconds, all three officers fired their weapons at Askins after he ignored the deputy’s command not to move and continued advancing toward the fallen deputy, gun raised. “Shots fired,†an officer shouted as a deputy is seen from his body camera footage reloading his weapon and approaching Askins, who fell to the ground after officers opened fire. Spurlock said the undercover officer and the deputy believed Askins had shot at the deputy standing by his door when they fired their weapons. All three officers were placed on administrative leave and two have returned to duty. The third has not returned for reasons unrelated to the case, Spurlock said. The sheriff confirmed in the Sept. 17 news conference Askins was wanted for felony charges and likely gave officer multiple names to avoid being identified.
Spurlock said they are still determining if the gun he attempted to use against officers was legally purchased. Court records show Askins was charged with a slew of felonies from El Paso County, including drug possession, felony menacing with a real or simulated weapon and sexual contact without consent, among others. The active warrants were for second-degree burglary and failure to appear in court, according to the sheriff’s office. Three people — two women and a man — were in the truck with Askins but none were injured or charged with crimes related to this or other incidents. Some details in the case haven’t been released yet because the investigation is on-going, Spurlock said, including names of the officers involved. The 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office is investigating the shooting to determine if officers were justified in using lethal force. Spurlock said his agency’s investigation is being aided by the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office.
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Dammm
Good riddance
That trip probably saved that officers life
Swiss cheese anyone??😂🤣
That pistol reload was clean tho!
Damn
My Mom and I have watched All Live PD and Body Cam episodes
My Mom says:This is a graphic police video
Do people actually throw away mags irl?
Is He dead ?💀
That cop on the ground got lucky he didnt hit any shots. He was trying to execute him
1911 kinda guy
That one was very satisfying 👌ðŸ½ðŸ˜Ž
I guess this guy entered in the wrong cheat codes.
What's up with these single stacked magazines on patrol pistols? C'mon, man!
1 more mailvote for biden.
Why not try and hug it out guys
The cop had wall hacks. He knew the perp was fishy before he got out of the car.
USA: gee why are police officer so violent
also USA:
St. Peter: "Welcome to the gate. What was the cause of your death please?"
Wanka-Willy: "Them mothaf*ckas tried to open ar caadoor."
bruh is that a fucking 1911? what kind of department hands those to their officers?
What are you going when police want
What are you police when chase you officer 2018 and Spanish class is
0:48 did he just point an empty gun at someone
1:03 that officer took a hard hit to his head. I think if there was a rock there it could have caused a brain damage for him. so happy all officers are ok.
If he had pulled the trigger the cop could have been shot wow the reaction time was really slow
stupid partner..
THE WAILING WOMAN ! THE WAILING WOMAN !
He didn't fire the gun. "felony menacing with a real or simulated weapon" was it real?
Max Payne
Huh. Is that a single stack 10 round mag? Super smooth reload by that officer.
I actually know the officer in the beginning personally. (the officer he falls back shooting) Glad he was ok. Scary shit. You just never know
I don't think they put enough bullets in him maybe they should have did 30 more stupid Colorado
Great reactions from the officer falling backwards down the bank.
that cross fire tho
The perp made a decision at that moment that he was not going back to prison. Good decision on his part, it worked out better for everybody.
Didn’t look like the second officer hit the slide release when he reloaded his mag.
Suicide by cop?.
He got shot up
Cop in the middle was a scaredy cat and could've got his partner killed
He would have been shot if he was black
Hold up
Pussy cop ran instead of backing up his fellow officer and drawing his weapon. Dude should be fired.
That was horny
الذي سقط على الارض اشجع من الذي جري
Hope, for his safety, he changed partner…
That country is a whole different planet holly banana
F him
Is He dead ?💀
1:03 that officer took a hard hit to his head. I think if there was a rock there it could have caused a brain damage for him. so happy all officers are ok.