Sources now say that Good Samaritan Johnny Hurley who was responding to the Monday shooting in Olde Town Arvada was shot by a police bullet.
Denver’s Channel 7said three sources have confirmed that Hurley was shot by police. The sources included two from law enforcement, the station stated.
Arvada Police Officer Gordon Beesley, Hurley and the man believed to be the suspect in the original shooting, 59-year-old Ronald Troyke, all died in the shooting that occured Monday afternoon.
Arvada Police have not said who was shot by whom and have not confirmed that Hurley was shot by an officer. But police did say Tryoke left a threatening note for officers, Channel 7 said.
Channel 7 reported that a man who witnessed the shooting and was working in the nearby Arvada Army Navy Surplus store at the time, said he saw Hurley shoot at Troyke after Hurley watched Tryoke allegedly shoot Officer Beesley.
Arvada Deputy Police Chief Ed Brady told reporters, late Monday, that Beesley, a school resource officer, was on foot patrol in Olde Town this summer while school was on break. Beesley responded to a call about a suspicious incident outside the city’s library about 1:45 p.m. Several people called 911 about 15 minutes later to report an officer had been shot.
Arvada Police Chief Link Strate said, in a news conference on Tuesday, was a “true hero” who prevented a larger loss of life. Strate also said Beesley had been “ambushed” by a person “who expressed hatred of police officers” because he was “wearing an Arvada Police uniform and badge.”
There are two investigations into the shooting including one involving the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Critical Incident Response Team, according to Channel 7.
