A grand jury has indicted Officer Brandon Ramos on ten criminal charges.
, the Denver law firm that represents the trio, in the days after the shooting. "I was pretty frustrated that I found out through the news that it was a police officer and nobody else."
A statement about the indictment issued by Rathod Mohamedbhai reads:"Yekalo Weldewihet, Bailey Alexander, and Willis Small IV, three victims of the LoDo shooting, are relieved that a Grand Jury indicted Denver Police Department Officer Brandon Ramos for his reckless actions endangering not only our clients but the Denver community. Officer Ramos will be criminally charged, including with felonies, for the shooting of all three of our clients. Mr. Weldewihet, Ms. Alexander, and Mr.
In a note that rings with irony, the indictment points out that officers Ramos, Lieberson and Kenneth Rowland were at a parking lot on the corner of 20th Street and Larimer, adjacent to the Larimer Beer Hall, at 1:30 a.m. on July 17"as part of the Denver Police Department's LoDo Violence Mitigation Operation, an attempt to interrupt gun violence in the area on weekend nights. Officers have broken up fights and retrieved firearms in the past in the area.
Rowland, Lieberson and Ramos strode parallel to Waddy on the street, then intercepted him as he passed between two cars and commanded him to"stop" and"show his hands," the indictment says. In response,"Waddy briefly stopped and put his hands up, but then turned back between cars now with his left hand moving in front of his waistline area" and moved back toward the crowd, then"pulled a handgun from his hooded jacket's front pocket with his left hand.
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