Posted on 10/11/2020 2:51:59 PM PDT by gattaca
The hired security guard accused of shooting a protester dead during a Denver rally on Saturday was identified by police as Matthew Robert Dolloff.
Dolloff, 30, is being held in connection to a first-degree murder investigation in the shooting, the Denver Police Department announced on Sunday. Family members said the victim was Lee Keltner, a military veteran.
Officials said Dolloff has not yet been charged. He is being questioned about the shooting, which was captured on camera. The shooting happened at a pro-President Donald Trump rally that was disrupted by people with Black Lives Matter and Antifa, who had planned a counter-demonstration.
According to jail records, Dolloff was booked on Saturday night on suspicion of first-degree murder.
Dolloff was hired by NBC News affiliate 9NEWS to provide security during the demonstrations. He was hired via Pinkerton, a company that offers private security services.
“It has been the practice of 9NEWS for a number of months to contract private security to accompany staff at protests,” said 9NEWS in its report.
Pinkerton and the NBC affiliate didn’t respond to requests for comment.
Police said that Dolloff is “a private security guard” who had “no affiliation with Antifa.” There were unconfirmed allegations on social media that he was part of the anarcho-communist group.
On Sunday morning, Dolloff appeared briefly at a virtual court hearing. He uttered few statements, according to Denverite, a local news website. Dolloff is being held without bond.
Social media accounts that appear to be connected to Dolloff show that he participated in Occupy protests in Denver and supported the Black Lives Matter movement. Those accounts frequently shared posts from left-wing media outlets like The Young Turks and criticized Trump—who he called a fascist—and also indicated support for self-described socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a former Democratic presidential candidate.
The shooting took place on Saturday around 3:30 p.m. near the Denver Art Museum and the Denver Public Library, police official Joe Montoya told reporters. A verbal altercation took place just before the shooting, he said.
Witnesses said the shooting victim was part of the conservative “Patriot Rally” group.
Photographs that captured the incident showed a man deploying pepper spray or a similar chemical as the suspect pointed a gun at him. Moments later, the man was on the ground, shot, while police in riot gear ran over and arrested the shooter.
One video showing the minute before the shooting showed a man wearing a “Black Guns Matter” t-shirt shouting at a group of men who appeared to be with the conservative group, including the man who was eventually shot. The man with the “Black Guns Matter” shirt is enraged, shouting at the group. He tells one to mace him. The shooting victim moves out of the view of the camera. Moments later, a gunshot is heard.
The Denver Sheriff Department directed inquiries to the police, which didn’t return requests for more information on Sunday.
After the shooting on Saturday, Denver police released a statement saying that it “respects the right to peacefully assemble. Those who participate in protests, demonstrations, marches, or other gatherings, as protected by the First Amendment, are reminded to do so in a lawful manner. Individuals who choose to act outside of local, state and federal law, will be subject to citation or arrest.”
Right, Joe?
I think he also had tattoos connected with Antifa
Seems like I should be in the mood to burn some conservative city at this point (/sarc)
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The Antifa-boy shooter posted on his social media that he would approach and confront Trump Supporters and call them Racists, and he said, every one was afraid of him, typical, he said.
So here, backpack Antifa Wannabe Reporter, Kyle Clark, just happens to be paired with an Antifa-boy whose claim to fame is intimidating Trump supporters - and they’re at a Patriot rally!
If you think this is coincidence, you’re dumber than a box of hammers.
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Billions of rounds. I’ve heard that thousands of times.
So, NBC hired a murdering socialist thug. Make sense, goes along with everything they put in the news.
Having seen Andy Ngo's Portland arrest photos, he's more in that genre
Seems to be very little interest in this on Free Republic today.
Not sure why.
“I think he also had tattoos connected with Antifa.”
He can’t wash that out.
The Denver jury will give him the death penalty.
I believe I see some drug use in this fellow’s background.
There are more than a few similarities to the Portland murder, where you had multiple Antifa-types involved in an apparent conspiracy, to shoot & kill the Patriot Prayer member (who was also armed only with pepper spray). Just guessing, but this Denver "Antifa-boy" looks like another Reinhole...
Denver Sheriff Dept. Detention Center has inmate spelling DOLOFF.
Denver Courthouse spelling: DOLLOFF
Case number: 20CR06007
Denver Channel 9, KUSA. Affiliate of NBC.
Watch this explode.
On Sunday morning, Dolloff appeared briefly at a virtual court hearing. He uttered few statements, according to Denverite, a local news website. Dolloff is being held without bond.
Social media accounts that appear to be connected to Dolloff show that he participated in Occupy protests in Denver and supported the Black Lives Matter movement. Those accounts frequently shared posts from left-wing media outlets like The Young Turks and criticized Trump—who he called a fascist—and also indicated support for self-described socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a former Democratic presidential candidate.
The police made a statement without investigating.
Dolloff, the murderer, is a commie POS.
Shooting an artist [hatmaker] at an art museum... like shooting Republicans at ball diamonds ...what is it with Bernie Sanders socialist and social venues?
It just might on rival local stations, as a dig at the competition.
...Unless they’ve hired similar “security” of their own.
Cops said two guns were recovered from the scene but a second gun is not visible here... maybe the hat-maker had a concealed weapon that he chose not to pull...or did Mr. Occutard have a second gun?
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