Denver police officials say officers 'missed' gun in searches before handcuffed suspect fired shots

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The officer, who has not been identified, was released from the hospital the morning after the shooting, Thomas said the officer appears to have only suffered a flesh wound in the shooting but said if the bullet had been slightly in another direction, “it could have been a much more significant injury.” He said the officer is expected to make a full recovery and is currently at home.

Clark said on Monday, the District 4 impact team involved in auto thefts and recoveries had spotted a stolen Ford F-250 sitting in the middle of the road near Kentucky Ave. and Lowell Blvd., which came back as being stolen out of Aurora. An officer handcuffed Cheeseman, but he was still wearing a backpack. Officers briefly removed the backpack and re-handcuffed him, according to Clark, who said that one officer searched Cheeseman and put him in a patrol vehicle, while another officer searched his backpack.Two uniformed officers transported Cheeseman to the jail’s sally port.

A corporal who was in the passenger seat of another vehicle to the left of the vehicle Cheeseman was in, almost directly in the line of fire of Cheeseman, according to Clark and the probable cause statement. The corporal got out of the vehicle and moved to the other side of the vehicle Cheesman was in, according to the probable cause statement, and fired his weapon through the window at Cheesman nine times.

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