Police in Colorado have released body camera footage after an officer fatally shot a teenager following an alleged convenience store robbery.
Jor'Dell Richardson, 14, was shot and killed by an Aurora police officer on June 1, authorities said. He later died of his injuries at the hospital.
"No matter where this investigation takes us, no matter where we end, it is a tragedy because a young man has lost his life," Interim Aurora Police Chief Art Acevedo said during a press briefing on the footage.Representatives of Jor'dell's family and their attorneys were able to view the footage ahead of its public release.
The use of force is being investigated by the 18th Judicial District Critical Incident Response Team . "That's part of the investigation. That's a little bit of the ambiguity -- that's going to be the question that the [CIRT] investigation will continue [to look into]," Acevedo said at the briefing. "We know for a fact that he used it to commit an armed robbery -- there's no ambiguity there."An undated photo of Jor'Dell Richardson.Attorneys for Jor'Dell's family said his family is "traumatized by the shooting death of a boy they loved.
Former Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson was fired by city officials in the aftermath of the McClain case.Acevedo, who came on as chief after Wilson's dismissal, said Friday's press briefing was an attempt to be "transparent and to fully discuss to the best of my ability what led to the death of a 14-year-old kid in this community."
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