AURORA | A man investigators say physically beat a developmentally disabled female and held her against her will yesterday was shot while deputies tried to free her from her room in a community home east of Quincy Reservoir, according to Arapahoe County sheriff officials.
Coroner officials on Friday identified the man as Everett Duriel Shockley, 42.
The shooting incident began when deputies were called at about 3 p.m. about a woman being held at gunpoint inside a home in the 4500 block of Himalaya Circle.
“On arrival, deputies attempted to get the male suspect to exit peacefully and tried to contact him by phone and PA system with no response,” sheriff department spokesperson Ginger Delgado said in a statement. “It was determined he had barricaded himself and the female inside a bedroom.”
Officials described the residence as a “host home,” where the female lived. Officials did not release the victim’s age.
The suspect police said, was not a resident of the home.
“Deputies then made entry in an attempt to rescue the female and confronted the armed male suspect physically restraining her at which time an officer involved shooting occurred,” Delgado said.
Officers attempted to revive Shockley, who was later pronounced dead at the scene.
“The female had been assaulted and sustained severe facial injuries,” Delgado said.”She was transported to a local hospital where she is still undergoing medical treatment.”
Coroner officials classified Shockley’s death as a homicide but not offer details of how or where he was shot.
“Multiple units from the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene including patrol, traffic, SWAT, Crisis Negotiators, Drones, K9s and Investigations,” Delagado said.
As per state law, a critical incident response team, composed of 18th Judicial District investigators and outside police, convened for an investigation of the incident.
The deputies involved in the shooting were placed on paid administrative leave, which is standard police.
Detail about the tenure of the deputies involved was not released.
Instead of saying ‘shot dead his wife’ or ‘shoot gunman dead’, why not use ‘fatally shot’?