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A 30-year-old man shot by police on Dec. 13 after he pointed a gun at officers died from one gunshot wound to the chest, but the man’s “acute methamphetamine toxicity” was a “significant contributing factor” in his death, the Denver coroner’s office reported.
The two doctors who performed the autopsy on Nicholas Alvarado- Morales said his methamphetamine level was 800 nanograms per milliliter. They noted that violent and irrational behavior has been reported in individuals with much lower methamphetamine levels — from 200 to 600 milliliters.
Alvarado-Morales was shot when he pointed a gun at police who were responding to reports that someone was shooting a weapon.
