Aurora officer ‘tackled’ before shooting, killing suspect, police say

An Aurora police officer shot and killed a man in mid-May after responding to a suspicious person call and being tackled to the ground by the suspect, Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain said at a news conference Thursday.

The suspect was identified by the Adams County Coroner’s Office as 32-year-old Rashaud Terrelle Johnson.

The incident started around 3 p.m. May 12 when Aurora911 got a call about a suspicious person trespassing at an offsite airport parking lot, The Parking Spot, in the 19900 block of East 56th Avenue…

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