There's still much we don't know about what happened in the early morning hours of April 30.
THORNTON, Colo. — New video released by the Thornton Police Department shows the moments before officers shot and killed two people during a police pursuit nearly a month ago. . Here's what we do know.
Police did release the radio traffic from that night. In it, officers don't initially sound concerned as they calmly call in that shots have been fired. About one minute into the edited body camera video, we see the officer start a maneuver to get the driver they're chasing to stop. Moments after, the officer gets out of the car. One second later, the officer has their weapon in their hand and we hear an officer shout"hands up" to the people in the car.
But the nine-minute video provided by Thornton Police does include images of the two people dead on the ground.
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