Colorado police bodycam shows officers split-second decision to shoot suspect armed with AR-15

Colorado police bodycam shows officer’s split-second decision to shoot suspect armed with AR-15 Douglas County Deputy Brad Proulx was travelling south of Denver during the early evening on Friday (12 May) and stopped when he spotted a white SUV parked at the side of road. The body camera video shows the deputy walk over to the passenger window, before strolling around to the driver to see if he needed help. But the six-year police veteran was suddenly confronted with the suspect lunging towards him as he held an assault rifle. Within seconds Deputy Proulx can be seen opening fire with his sidearm as he falls back to the ground, hitting the car door and the man. Other officers arrived to the scene – near County Line Road and South Santa Fe Drive – and the suspect, later named as 25-year-old Deyon Marcus Rivas-Maestas, was taken to Littleton Hospital to be treated for a gunshot wound to his arm. He was transported from the ho