A family was terrorized when a Denver police SWAT team recklessly raided the wrong apartment while looking for an attempted murder suspect two years ago, then tried to cover up their mistake in falsified police reports, according to a lawsuit filed in Denver County District Court last week.
Police were hunting suspect Danny Garcia on June 6, 2023, when they swarmed around the door of an apartment in a multi-story apartment building with assault rifles drawn. Police reports completed prior to the raid indicated their target was apartment 307, where Garcia lived.
But bodycam video shows the officers surrounding apartment 306, located directly across the hall. Several armed SWAT team members banged on and then rammed the door while screaming that they knew Garcia was in there and for those inside to open the door and come out with their hands up…