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Father of 12-year-old killed by owner of stolen car calls for Colorado law prohibiting vigilantism

Denver DA has declined to prosecute man who fatally shot Elias Armstrong, 12, after tracking down his stolen Audi

Thomas Armstrong takes a moment while speaking to reporters about his son, 12-year-old Elias Armstrong, who was killed Feb. 5 while in a stolen car when the car’s owner tracked the vehicle down and fatally shot him, on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Thomas Armstrong takes a moment while speaking to reporters about his son, 12-year-old Elias Armstrong, who was killed Feb. 5 while in a stolen car when the car’s owner tracked the vehicle down and fatally shot him, on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - DECEMBER 4: Shelly Bradbury - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | sbradbury@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Elias Armstrong was fatally shot on Feb. 5 by a man who used a phone app to track his stolen Audi.
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