{"id":571815,"date":"2021-06-23T14:07:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T18:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=571815"},"modified":"2021-06-23T14:07:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T18:07:27","slug":"police-officer-among-victims-of-shooting-near-denver-colo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-officer-among-victims-of-shooting-near-denver-colo\/","title":{"rendered":"Police officer among victims of shooting near Denver, Colo."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-officer-among-victims-of-shooting-near-denver-colo%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=571815&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2433745\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2433745\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Officer Gordon Beesley. (Photo credit: Arvada Police Department)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 10:50 AM PT \u2013 Wednesday, June 23, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>A community in Colorado have mourned the loss of a fallen police officer and a good Samaritan following a deadly shooting. During a press briefing on Tuesday, the Arvada Police Department announced veteran Officer Gordon Beesley was fatally shot on Monday while on patrol at a shopping district in suburban Denver.<\/p>\n<p>A shootout occurred between officers and a suspect, which resulted in the death of Beesley, an innocent bystander and the suspect. Officer Beesley was a 19-year member of the department and a school resource officer. According to investigators, the shooting was a deliberate act of violence as Officer Beesley was allegedly ambushed by a suspect who expressed hatred towards law enforcement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our hearts are heavy this morning as we mourn the loss of Officer Gordon Beesley with the Arvada Police Department. May we never forget his sacrifice \ud83d\udc99 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hMikITwkzj\">pic.twitter.com\/hMikITwkzj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Grand Junction PD (@GrandJunctionPD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrandJunctionPD\/status\/1407375180498837508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI can tell you that Gordon was targeted because he was wearing an Arvada police uniform and a badge,\u201d Arvada Police Chief Link Strate explained. \u201cOfficer Beesley was ambushed by a person who expressed hatred of police officers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition, authorities identified the good Samaritan who was also killed in the shootout. John Hurley, a 40-year-old Colorado resident, was declared a hero for preventing more lives from being lost in the shootout. Strate explained there was no connection between Hurley and the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>While law enforcement has yet to reveal further details surrounding the shooting, authorities believe the incident was isolated. Meanwhile, authorities continue to actively investigate the circumstances surrounding the tragedy.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/senate-gop-leadership-holds-weekly-conference\/\">Senate GOP Leadership Holds Weekly Conference<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officer Gordon Beesley. (Photo credit: Arvada Police Department) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 10:50 AM PT \u2013 Wednesday, June 23, 2021 A community in Colorado have mourned the loss of a fallen police &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2281116,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-571815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2281116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}