DENVER ( KDVR ) — Denver City Council approved a $95,000 settlement on Monday night for a woman who has been fighting for funds after police allegedly set her house on fire during a deadly standoff with her son.
Mary Quintana has been fighting for a settlement since 2019, asking the city council in June 2019 for over $1 million and alleging that the Denver Police Department’s tear gas caused the fire inside her home. The fire stemmed from a standoff between police and Mary’s son, where two Denver police officers were injured after the barricaded man reportedly fired at officers.
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The man, identified as Joseph Quintana, 35, allegedly barricaded himself inside his mother’s home on North Inca Street after police responded to reports of him firing a weapon in the home. Joseph was transported to a local hospital after the standoff where he was pronounced dead. It appears he died from a self-inflicted gunshot .
During the standoff, Denver police tossed two tear gas grenades into the home: One was a “flameless tear gas grenade” designed for indoor use, but the second was a CN/CS grenade, which the Denver Fire Department reported was “designed specifically for outdoor use due to its fire-producing capability.” The Denver Fire Department’s report on the home fire pointed at the CN/CS grenade as the probable ignition source.