Johnny Hurley "undoubtedly saved many lives" when he killed a shooting suspect, only to be fatally shot himself by police responders in Colorado.
Colleen Slevin / AP About 30 police cars line up for a procession on June 21 in honor of an officer who was fatally shot in Arvada, Colorado.
A "good Samaritan" shot a man who ambushed and killed a Colorado police officer, likely saving other lives, only to be fatally shot himself by responding officers, officials confirmed Friday.
Courtesy of the Arvada Police Department Johnny Hurley
"We lost two heroes," Arvada Police Chief Link Strate said in a video message Friday, acknowledging that Johnny Hurley "undoubtedly saved many lives Monday afternoon" before he was shot and killed by a responding officer. The incident occurred at about 1:30 p.m. on Monday, June 21, in Arvada, Colorado, where Officer Gordon Beesley responded to a report of a suspicious person. Beesley, a school resource officer, was walking to the area when the suspect, 59-year-old Ronald Troyke of Arvada, parked his truck and started to run behind him. Troyke, police said, was armed with a 12-gauge semiautomatic shotgun. Video of the shooting released by police shows Troyke running behind Beesley while holding a firearm and wearing a hat and face mask. Officials said Troyke yelled out to Beesley, who is seen suddenly turning around in the video.
Arvada Police Department via AP Officer Gordon Beesley
The video does not show the shooting, but police said Troyke then shot Beesley twice, killing the 19-year veteran. Troyke continued to fire his weapon, police said, shooting out the windows of patrol cars. Video shows witnesses running and looking for cover in the parking lot after the shots were fired.
According to police, Troyke left behind a document, which stated that he had intended to target police officers in a deadly rampage. "My goal today is to kill Arvada PD officers," the document reportedly stated. "We the people were never your enemy, but we are now." The note contained several other statements targeting police, including "This is what you get, you are the people who are expendable" and "Hundreds of you pigs should be killed daily." "Gordon was targeted because he was wearing an Arvada police uniform and a badge," Strate said at a news conference on Tuesday.
Courtesy of Arvada Police Department / Via youtube.com
drFeverblisters on June 26th, 2021 at 12:28 UTC »
Wooow the police’s original statement was that the “good Samaritan” was killed by the gunman. Some cops sure do like lying I guess
Bangers_Union on June 26th, 2021 at 11:58 UTC »
The responding officers who shot him lied originally and said that Troyke (the gunman) shot Hurley (the good samaritan) until internal investigations showed the officers shooting Hurley. Idk how these cops can lie about an OIS but not lose their job. Look, I understand that decisions were made under extreme duress, but the second you lie about it and try to change what happened in official reports, you've lost the trust that you once had and you won't regain it until these officers are off the force. You can't just lie about shooting and killing a man, people love and care about this man and you shot him dead. You have to immediately own up to that, ESPECIALLY if it truly was a tragic accident and not on purpose.
FriesWithThat on June 26th, 2021 at 08:11 UTC »
Didn't expect that many search results for the phrase "good Samaritan shot by cop".