On Tuesday, the Denver Police Department released body camera footage and provided details of a shooting investigation involving an officer and a suspect with a knife.
The shooting occurred on July 5 after officers were called to the area of 51st Avenue and Clarkson Street for a harassment report. In an update provided Tuesday, the DPD said they have repeatedly received reports of the suspect, 26-year-old Wilson Guerra Bravo, harassing the people living at the residence there, but he usually left before officers arrived.
When officers arrived, they reportedly found a man who matched the description provided by the 911 caller and noticed that he had a knife. They reported that Bravo walked away from them when they told him to stop, and the officer lost sight of him when he went behind a building. According to the DPD, when the officer rounded the corner, Bravo lunged at them with the 10″ kitchen knife.
They say that officers continued to order him to drop the knife as he fled and warned him that he could be shot. When Bravo reached the intersection of 50th Avenue and Washington Street, the DPD says Bravo turned and attempted to attack an officer with the knife. That’s when the officer reportedly fired six shots at him. They did not release how many times Bravo was struck by the gunfire…