Footage released in officer-involved shooting at Main Event in Highlands Ranch
This article contains information regarding the fatal shooting of an individual. Footage of the officer-involved shooting that took place outside of the Main Event entertainment center in Highlands Ranch on Feb. 8 has been released to the public. Under Colorado law, if there is an officer-involved shooting, the law enforcement agency must release the raw unedited footage. Legal questions regarding the ongoing case delayed the release of the footage to the public. Monday morning, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and Tyrone Glover, the attorney representing Jalin Seabron’s family, released body cam, dash cam and surveillance footage of 23-year-old Seabron being fatally shot by a deputy with the sheriff’s office. Both parties expressed the importance of releasing the video. “It is important to see the totality of the situation our deputy faced as he ran toward gunfire in an active-shooter situation without hesitation,” Sheriff Darren Weekly said in a statement. “We believe this video will help clarify the facts surrounding this tragic incident, correct misinformation, and reassure our citizens that our deputy acted within the law.”In a press release from Glover, he states that the video evidence contradicts what has been said previously by the sheriff’s office, adding that the shooting was “unjustified, unnecessary, and in direct violation of the sheriff’s office’s own policies and procedures.”Footage shows deadly shootingThe video released by Glover provides text describing the incident as it unfolds, with momentary pauses in the video. The video shared by the sheriff’s office is verbally narrated, slowed down and zoomed in, including photos that were taken following the incident. Both videos show footage from the deputy’s dash-cam, body-worn camera and an outdoor surveillance camera. In the video released from the Seabron family attorney, outdoor surveillance video shows Seabron exiting the Main Event building and walking to a car parked in the front row. As Seabron walks around the back of the vehicle, the attorney’s video shows that Seabron said, “I warned you. I said back up,” to others in front of the building. The video released by the sheriff’s office played a recording of the initial active shooter call. In the recording, a caller can be heard saying there were multiple shots fired – stating there were too many to count – inside the building and that people were exiting the building. In a press release from the sheriff’s office, Weekly states that the responding deputy heard on the radio that there were multiple reports of shots heard. “He arrived on scene in less than a minute,” Weekly said in the release. “He saw people fleeing the business and confronted a man with a gun in the parking lot. The gunman pointed his gun at several people and refused multiple commands to put his gun down before turning toward my deputy.”In accordance with state law, a peace officer is justified in using deadly physical force if the suspect possesses an immediate threat of death or serious bodily injury to the officer or other people. In both videos, outdoor surveillance footage shows Seabron walking around the back of a vehicle with a handgun in his right hand. There are people outside of the front doors of the building. The body-worn footage – in both videos – show the deputy get out of his vehicle and approach Seabron. Seabron, standing in between two vehicles, has his back to the deputy as the deputy approaches Seabron with a weapon. The deputy commanded Seabron to drop the gun: “Hey, drop the gun, drop the gun right now, drop it.”Seabron can be seen turning his head towards the deputy and opening the passenger door to a vehicle when the deputy fired several shots. In the video released by Glover, text on the screen states that the deputy did not identify himself or that he had a weapon. The press release from Glover states that the footage shows that Seabron never pointed his weapon at anyone, that his back was turned to the deputy when shots were fired and that Seabron was never given a reasonable opportunity to comply with the deputy’s commands. In the video released by the sheriff’s office and in the press release, the agency claims that Seabron ignored multiple commands to drop his weapon. The time between the first verbal command given by the deputy and shots fired from the deputy’s gun was less than five seconds, according to Colorado Community Media’s calculations from the video footage. The press release from the sheriff’s office also states that the investigation has led detectives to determine that Seabron was involved as a step-sibling and an accessory to the female suspect who is accused of firing multiple shots inside the Main Event building. Weekly said in the video that the sheriff’s office has identified dozens of victims who had to run from the gunfire inside. Glover denies the sheriff’s office’s description of Seabron being painted as an “accessory” to the shooting inside the building. “Jalin Seabron, a young man celebrating his 23rd birthday, was unjustifiably gunned down while trying to protect his family,” the release from Glover reads. “Now that the public can see the truth with their own eyes, we call on all relevant authorities at every level of government to pursue meaningful justice for Jalin.”This is an ongoing investigation. Those with information are encouraged to call the Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867. Viewer discretion is advised. The video from Seabron’s family attorney can be seen at tinyurl.com/Glover-main-event-footage. The video from the sheriff’s office can be seen at tinyurl.com/dcso-main-event-footage.The post Footage released in officer-involved shooting at Main Event in Highlands Ranch appeared first on Colorado Community Media.
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