Douglas County Sheriff Talks About Shooting Incident That Killed Officer
  • 6 years ago

The Douglas County Colorado Sheriff’s Office released a produced and edited video on January 8 featuring Sheriff Tony Spurlock and containing partial body cam footage to “explain what happened” during a December 31 shooting that killed an officer.One deputy was killed and four others were injured after responding to a domestic dispute call in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, on December 31, according to a statement from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department.Two civilians were also injured in the shooting, and Sheriff Tony Spurlock said the suspect was shot and killed by police.The statement released by the sheriff’s office alongside the video said, in part: "Using body cam video and audio from deputies who were directly involved in the shooting, the video allows the viewer to hear the compassion with which Zackari Parrish interacted with the citizen, the attempts at helping the citizen, the storm of gunfire that deputies encountered from the citizen, and the attempts at a rescue of our deputy.“In the production of this video, we have removed all images and audio of the suspect, being sensitive to the families involved, our employees and members of our community impacted by this tragedy.” Credit: Douglas County Sheriff’s Office
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