Video footage shows police collide with motorcycle in shooting incident

Department says details still being reviewed

BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Recently released security camera footage contradicts the Littleton Police Department’s original press release regarding the fatal shooting of Stephen Poolson Jr.

On Feb. 2 at around 3:22 a.m., the Littleton police released a press release stating an individual “was driving a motorcycle and crashed” before he ran and produced a handgun. An o cer then shot the man, who was later pronounced deceased after being transported to a hospital, according to the department.

Video footage released by the Littleton Police Department contradicts the claim that the motorcycle driver “crashed.” Instead, it shows a patrol car driving directly into the motorcycle as the driver appeared to be taking o .

“It is always our goal to nd the most accurate information possible, and sometimes that information takes time,” Littleton Police Department spokesperson Sheera Poelman wrote in an email to members of the media on Feb. 8. “Based on this video it has come to light that the motorcycle did not in fact crash, but yes, in fact, was contacted by a patrol vehicle.”

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Poelman said the Littleton Police Department is not privy to what information is happening in the external investigation and does not have the authority to release information from it.

Reporting sta at 9 News obtained cell phone video of the security footage on Feb. 8 and contacted the Littleton Police Department. e external investigation team and the department then decided to release obtained from o cials, including herself, who visited the scene the morning of the incident and saw the motorcycle which appeared to them to have crashed.

“ e information contained in that release, including that the motorcycle had crashed, was very preliminary information, obtained in the early hours of the scene, and was the most accurate information that LPD had at the time,” a Feb. 8 statement from the department interviewed, Poelman said. Policy requires the involved o cer to be physically separated from investigators in order to avoid potential bias in these incidents, she said.

A statement from the police department said they plan to release body camera footage and any additional video/audio/or pertinent information that will convey as much information as possible to the public upon completion of the investigation.

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