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  • Hero Who Shot Colorado Gunman Shot Dead by Police in Case of Mistaken Identity

    06/26/2021 2:50:00 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 111 replies
    New York Post ^ | June 26, 2021 | Jesse O’Neill
    Colorado police on Friday explained how a heroic bystander who had just shot and killed a cop-hating gunman was himself fatally struck by a responding officer. Johnny Hurley, 40, was shopping in downtown Arvada, a Denver suburb, when he heard Ronald Troyke ambush and murder Officer Gordon Beesley, who was responding to a call Monday afternoon, officials said. Troyke, 59, then returned to his truck to grab an AR-15, and was holding it when Hurley — who was carrying a concealed weapon — confronted him and shot him dead, Police Chief Link Strate said in a video clip posted Friday....
  • Bystander who gunned down suspect in Colorado officer’s killing was fatally shot by police: Authorities

    06/25/2021 8:17:09 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 56 replies
    ktla ^ | Jun 25, 2021
    A man who intervened in a shooting that killed a police officer near Denver was shot and killed by a responding officer while holding the suspect’s AR-15, police said Friday. Johnny Hurley, who has been described by police as a hero who prevented further bloodshed, shot suspect Ronald Troyke on Monday after Troyke gunned down Arvada Officer Gordon Beesley with a 12-gauge semi-automatic shotgun. After shooting Beesley twice, Troyke shot out the windows of police cars in the city’s downtown district, returned to his truck to get an AR-15 and was confronted by Hurley, who shot him with a handgun....