Editor’s note: 17th Judicial District Attorney Brian Mason ruled in a May 22, 2025, decision letter that no criminal charges would be filed against Thornton Police Officer Adrian Barrera, Detective Geoffrey Keeling or Detective Musa Ayoub in the Aug. 20, 2024, shooting of Corey Shepard. According to the letter, “the prosecution cannot prove the officers were not justified.” Read the decision letter .
Thornton police officers shot and injured an armed man allegedly resisting arrest Tuesday night.
Around 8 p.m. Tuesday, Thornton officers approached a man with a warrant in a parking lot in the 200 block of East 120th Avenue — just west of Interstate 25 near Webster Lake — according to a from the police department.
Officers told the man he was under arrest, but he refused to listen to officers and attempted to walk away, the news release stated.
The police department said officers fired a taser at the man, but it was “ineffective.” When the man allegedly pulled out a handgun in response, multiple officers shot him.
Paramedics transported the man to a hospital with “serious injuries,” police said in the release. An update on his condition was not available Wednesday morning.
The 17th Judicial District Critical Incident Response Team will investigate the shooting and the officers’ use of force.
None of the officers were injured, and all have been placed on administrative leave during the investigation, police said. The number of officers involved in the shooting was not available Wednesday.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
