Looks like the armed resident was shot by responding LEO...

[.455_Hunter]

Ugh.

http://ww.9news.com/article/news/crime/aurora-officer-responds-to-break-in-kills-armed-resident/73-578607335

AURORA — The armed man shot by an Aurora Police Department officer responding to a reported home invasion early Monday morning was a resident of the house, an investigation has revealed. That man died at the hospital, according to a news release from APD. He had apparently shot and killed an intruder, who was found dead on the bathroom floor. A child was taken to the hospital with serious injuries caused by the intruder, the news release said.

The incident started with multiple 911 calls just before 1:30 a.m. Monday reporting a disturbance in the area of North Iola Street and east Montview Boulevard. According to the news release, a woman called 911 and said a man was breaking into her home at 10609 E. Montview Blvd. The release said officers “arrived to a very chaotic and violent scene” and heard gunshots inside the home.

The officers later encountered an armed man, according to the news release. One officer fired his weapon, hitting him. It wasn’t until later that investigators discovered the man lived inside the home.

Your thoughts on how this could be prevented by both the home's residents AND responding LEO?

My concern is that the resident who was auditorily compromised, stunned and partially in-shock, could not respond to LEO directives fast enough (or even know if they were actually LEO) before being shot.

Hopefully the body cam will yield some good actionable information for training and preparing.

[KS63]

Just a terrible situation all together. I’ll withhold any opinions until the investigation is completed and statements from both the victims family, APD and DA’s Office are released.

[mattiooo]

This one mentions a seriously injured juvenile as well:

https://kdvr.com/2018/07/30/aurora-p...der-in-aurora/

"Authorities also found a juvenile who was transported to a local hospital for serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, caused by the deceased intruder."

[MrPrena]

When I F'up at work in sales related job, i had to pay deductibles because it was a commission based job.
Maybe some of the other occupation needs to do that.

[mattiooo]

When I F'up at work in sales related job, i had to pay deductibles because it was a commission based job.
Maybe some of the other occupation needs to do that.

We don't know if the officers are at fault. They may have done everything right and still ended up this way. I think we need more details before we judge anything as KS63 said.

I think there could be some valuable lessons for us all that come out of this.

[ben4372]

We don't know if the officers are at fault. They may have done everything right and still ended up this way. I think we need more details before we judge anything as KS63 said.

I think there could be some valuable lessons for us all that come out of this.

I'm not judging either. But, I personally think many officers would rather be "judged by 12 than carried by 6". An exception might be the cop out side the school in Florida, or the wait and see approach in the stairwell in Las Vegas. I'm also teaching my kids to move slow and NEVER go for a cell phone or wallet. Byproduct of our love of guns.

[BushMasterBoy]

My thought is that if you have a home invader and you shoot them, put on some body armor if you have the chance. There might be more invaders coming. Also, contact the 911 dispatcher and tell them what you are wearing and to inform the officers attending the scene. The body armor will give you a better chance of surviving, no matter who shoots at you. This is just my opinion.

[Irving]

Sounds like a tough situation. We all have an idea of what we would do in such a situation, but things rarely work out as planned. Ideally if you shoot a home intruder, you set the gun down and have hands visible until law enforcement arrives. That's fine if you KNOW there is no one else, and there is time between securing your house and officers arriving. Sounds like officers arrived to the sound of gun shots, so they probably aren't just chilling outside for a few while you get all your ducks in a row. They don't know what the guy who lives there looks like since none of us where homeowner uniforms. So what do you do of you've barely finished engaging the bad guy and the next person you see is the police coming in? Tough situation for sure.

[MrPrena]

We don't know if the officers are at fault. They may have done everything right and still ended up this way. I think we need more details before we judge anything as KS63 said.

I think there could be some valuable lessons for us all that come out of this.

Sorry if it sounded like judging. (Wrong word choice on my end)
I am sure there are no bad intent from both but just tragic outcome.

[Great-Kazoo]

Ugh.

http://ww.9news.com/article/news/crime/aurora-officer-responds-to-break-in-kills-armed-resident/73-578607335



Your thoughts on how this could be prevented by both the home's residents AND responding LEO?

IF (key word) If you have some composure make sure on the 911 call to I.D yourself.

IF threat is neutralized, place weapon on ground, away from you / reach. This shows (Hopefully) you're not the threat and are complying with commands of on scene LE

My thought is that if you have a home invader and you shoot them, put on some body armor if you have the chance. There might be more invaders coming. Also, contact the 911 dispatcher and tell them what you are wearing and to inform the officers attending the scene. The body armor will give you a better chance of surviving, no matter who shoots at you. This is just my opinion.

If you had time to put on body armor after the first engagement, you're clearly not placed in a life threatening scenario. Had you the time to don armor, you had time to FLIGHT/ escape, move to a more secure area.