BOY, 14, DIES AFTER AUTOPEDESTRIAN CRASH
A teenage boy was killed Monday after he was run over by a stolen minivan in Aurora, according to police.
Around 7:50 p.m., police responded to a call of an auto-pedestrian crash in the parking lot of Village Green Park, located at 1300 South Chambers Circle. The driver of the 2006 Chrysler Town and Country minivan had left the area on foot, according to Aurora police.
When first responders arrived, they found a 14year-old boy trapped beneath the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to investigators, the boy was “hanging on the front of the vehicle when he slid off, fell underneath, and was then run over.”
The vehicle’s driver, described as “a juvenile female,” later returned to the crash scene and talked with the investigators.
No arrests have been made. It is an ongoing investigation, according to Aurora police.
The boy’s identity will be released by the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Officer following a positive identification and after his next of kin have been notified.
Officers connected to shooting of bank robbery suspect identified.
Four Colorado Springs police officers involved in the shooting of an armed bank robbery suspect have been identified.
The police shooting happened at about 4 p.m.
Oct. 7 at Maizeland Road and North Academy Boulevard, police said.
On Tuesday the officers were identified as: Sgt. Matt Mclain, Officer Anthony Carey, Officer Alejandra Exley and Officer Grant Nelson.
All four are assigned as detectives to the police department’s robbery unit, according to a news release. Mclain and Carey have been with the department since 2011, Exley since 2013 and Nelson since 2014.
When the officers approached the suspect, at least one shot was fired at them, police said. At least one officer returned fire. The suspect was hit by gunfire and taken to a local hospital. The officers were not injured and were placed on administrative leave per the department’s policy.
The police shooting is being investigated by the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office.