Fatal shooting of armed Fort Carson soldier by local police ruled justified

[rangerrebew]

Fatal shooting of armed Fort Carson soldier by local police ruled justified
Kyle Rempfer
 
Sgt. Virgill Thrope, 28, was a cavalry scout with the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.

No charges will be filed against four Colorado Springs police officers who shot an Army staff sergeant multiple times, killing him, after he pointed an AR-15 rifle at police when they responded to a domestic disturbance call.

The shooting was deemed justified following a review of witness reports, physical evidence, police body camera footage, and the original 911 call by the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office for Colorado. The office determined that the four police officers “held a reasonable belief that Thorpe put the officers and his own family members in imminent danger.”

Staff Sgt. Virgill Thorpe, a 28-year-old cavalry scout and Afghanistan veteran assigned to nearby Fort Carson, was shot and killed on April 19. Officers were dispatched to a residence in the 3200 block of Oak Creek Drive East at about 9:30 p.m. in response to a domestic violence incident there.

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/07/10/fatal-shooting-of-armed-fort-carson-soldier-by-local-police-ruled-justified/

[Smokin Joe]

Sad deal, all around.

[Cyber Liberty]

@txradioguy  Sad story from Ft. Carson....

[skeeter]

This is the kind of situation the left proposes to have social workers respond to instead of police.

[txradioguy]

@txradioguy  Sad story from Ft. Carson....

Yeah it is.  Not sure what it is about this place.  A friend of mine in my MOS who works at Division HQ is in jail as we speak on 1st Degree murder charges in relation to the death of his son back in march.

[LegalAmerican]

Yeah it is.  Not sure what it is about this place.  A friend of mine in my MOS who works at Division HQ is in jail as we speak on 1st Degree murder charges in relation to the death of his son back in march.

Not the place.  The people there.
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Staff Sgt. Virgill Thorpe, a 28-year-old cavalry scout and Afghanistan veteran assigned to nearby Fort Carson, was shot and killed on April 19. Officers were dispatched to a residence in the 3200 block of Oak Creek Drive East at about 9:30 p.m. in response to a domestic violence incident there.=ARTICLE

[Smokin Joe]

Not the place.  The people there.
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Staff Sgt. Virgill Thorpe, a 28-year-old cavalry scout and Afghanistan veteran assigned to nearby Fort Carson, was shot and killed on April 19. Officers were dispatched to a residence in the 3200 block of Oak Creek Drive East at about 9:30 p.m. in response to a domestic violence incident there.=ARTICLE

Something about the Front Range is different. Now, maybe that is just my aversion to cities, and ones run by liberals in an otherwise fairly conservative state (out west). But when you have to put up signs on the interstate telling people to move their damaged vehicles out of traffic, well, that is different from here, and something I haven't  seen anywhere else in NV, (western) CO, UT, ID, WY, MT, ND, SD, or NE in my last couple of years of traveling.

Maybe it's something in the water...

[txradioguy]

Something about the Front Range is different. Now, maybe that is just my aversion to cities, and ones run by liberals in an otherwise fairly conservative state (out west). But when you have to put up signs on the interstate telling people to move their damaged vehicles out of traffic, well, that is different from here, and something I haven't  seen anywhere else in NV, (western) CO, UT, ID, WY, MT, ND, SD, or NE in my last couple of years of traveling.

Maybe it's something in the water...

This place (Ft. Carson) is simultaneously the more requested duty station to come to and the most requested duty station to get away from.