 This I'm commander Ron Sonier. It's SAUN IER Commander of the major Crimes Division Wanted to brief you about the incident occurred yesterday afternoon about 1240 ish or so in the afternoon Just want to remind everybody that this is a still a very active and ongoing investigation We're still working it very hard. So get you some preliminary information that's out here As it goes on some stuff may be subject to change based on what we go But I wanted to kind of get out and get you some information going to start kind on the timeline of the events that occurred as on March 17th 2016 at approximately 11 20 a.m Officers responded to a bank robbery at 530 South Holly Street Once they got there they were able to determine that this was a takeover style bank robbery Which is generally a very violent type robbery The suspect in this case was armed with a handgun He fell any menace to all of the victims that were in the bank at the time and Eventually was ordering those victims to be pruned out on the ground face down When we start seeing in my past history with a lot of these bank robberies when Robberies start progressing to the point that they're putting people down on the ground and face down You're escalating the level of violence and the propensity for violence We did get out a special bulletin with pictures Crime stoppers bulletin that was placed out. I shortly after the crime that was distributed I believe that the Pio's have if you need copies of it and don't have it there So the safe streets task force that works with the FBI and Denver We have Denver officers assigned to that task force began the bank robbery investigation into this and We're very actively working on this investigation Shortly before April 11th. They started developing some information That led them to obtain an arrest warrant for a party For the aggravated bank robbery being armed So the warrant was signed on April 11th. It was immediately turned over to the FBI safe streets fugitive apprehension group Another leg of that same task force. They began running and developing information on the location of the suspect In the early morning hours of April 11th or April 12th They were able to locate a vehicle associated with our party and began surveillance on that vehicle a Plan was put in place to utilize our Metro officers on any takedown on this particular deal the While everything was kind of in progress on this the suspect came out to the vehicle with another female and a child Got into the vehicle and this vehicle wound up going mobile The surveillance detectives began following this vehicle ultimately Following it down to the point that it parked over here in the 1300 block of North Banach Street and Began watching that vehicle getting resources into place to affect the arrest of our suspect the detectives in this particular case watched the vehicle and watched the female occupant and the Small child exit the vehicle and they began walking away from the vehicle at one point They began walking back towards the vehicle that was aired across the air and Then they walked back away from the vehicle once they felt that it was clear that they're only occupant that was in the vehicle Was there the decision to move up and try to affect the rest was made So officers pulled in to the car in an effort to try to box it into the position The vehicle did back up just real briefly. They readjusted their cars and pretty much Limited how much that vehicle could move forward Based on information that we have from witnesses and other evidence that we have at the scene the officers from the Metro SWAT unit Spent approximately one minute or just under one minute time giving verbal orders to the suspect at the vehicle There was some indication that there was some acknowledgement and there was non-compliance By the party that was going on For those that were at the scene yesterday the vehicle that is in question or the suspect vehicle in this particular case Does have some heavily tinted windows on both the passenger and driver side Windows so it's very hard to see into the vehicle from the side The officer that was at the front like I said everybody was giving orders For this guy to comply. He had some indication of non-compliance He definitely didn't open the door or decide to come out as it went on The officer that is involved in this is watching the scene and the suspect comes up with a threatening tight maneuver and Comes up the officer believes that the the suspect has a gun and immediately opens fire There were several rounds fired on scene by just one officer The suspect then went Down in the car the officers moved up fairly quickly Requested an ambulance code 10 medical profession were able to respond in and The party was pronounced at the scene there our investigation then started we began talking to witnesses civilian witnesses police officer witnesses and the involved officer detectives worked late into last night on this particular case and You know began a search a search of the vehicle like I said late last night We were not able to recover any firearms in the vehicle We then have the autopsy that is occurring today and we're able to you know complete the search on the suspect Over there at this point. We have not recovered a handgun Related to that So like I said based on the information that we have we know that there are additional Potential witnesses out there. I would ask if anybody in the community has Observe this or has information about it to please reach out to the Denver Police Department and Make themselves available to us So I think go ahead and open it up for questions at this point Is Okay, the car from the Crime Stoppers bulletin is not the car that was used in the vehicle The vehicle that the suspect was in yesterday or the party that was wanted for Aggravated robbery with a handgun was his own vehicle It is the same part yes so Okay, yes sir I don't want to go into a lot I mean bottom line you had it was very limited as to how much could be seen based on the windows The officer that discharged his weapon was probably one of the only Parties that had a clear and visible view into that vehicle We're going to continue our investigation And do some more towards that. I don't want to get into it but Really that the really only good unobstructed view into that vehicle was from the front windshield area He was standing behind cover of his vehicle, but he was the only one that was positioned in a point So he and there was one other officer that you know could indicate they could see some of the suspects actions Can you say anything about how many commands were given to the suspect? I know numerous commands were given based on you know evidence that we have witnesses that we've talked to There was well over or up to approximately one minute worth of commands that were given They were immediately began based on you know information we have from civilian witnesses to the police officer witnesses So the actual number of commands. I can't answer that Commands were you know show your hands, you know, you're under arrest We need you to step out of the vehicle those type you know commands to try to take this and resolve it in a peaceful manner None of the commands were followed the of anybody that I was there like I said There was some indication from you know one of the officers that there was you know some non-compliant gestures being made Any other questions I Think going into it, and I guess that's part of what I missed This was a very violent bank robbery that went on and this is information that was provided to all of officers on this Our suspect also had a fairly lengthy criminal history to include assault interference extortion Shoplifting dangerous drugs weapons violations a fairly long record that went with that He's also done, you know some prison time based on all that You know so the information that they were acting on because of the crime that he was involved in originally He had a weapon his past history of having weapons. They believe that to happen So the officer, you know as he came up in a movement He believed that he had a gun in his hand, and he took action based on that belief I guess that's some of the questions that we're gonna task this is a very dangerous individual That we do believe we needed to take into custody sooner than later But as we move forward with this case, you know When it moves on to like any any internal investigation those will be questions That will we we will be looking at asking and hopefully come into the answer right now I'm working very hard at doing the criminal investigation side of this Some of that stuff we're gonna gather some of that will be gathered in my investigation They will use my investigation To move forward with any internal As with any officer discharge of a weapon whether a party's hit or not the investigation is originally starts off With what I do in the criminal aspect of the investigation that entire investigation Is overseen by the independent monitor as it's going on and then the district attorney's office is Intimately involved as with our partners from the Aurora Police Department that came in and assisted us That will then be presented to the district attorney where they will make a determination Going forth with that after that determination is made our complete investigation Will be turned over to the internal affairs division and a presentation to a use of force board We'll then look into whether this was in policy out of policy and move forward on that Normally we don't go into the number of shots that are fired. I will tell you news media accounts yesterday and witnesses at the scene I would say we have cooperated what they're talking approximately seven seven shots were fired normally I don't go into that, but I don't want to miss, you know, the obvious is already out there You have people that were making those statements yesterday, so I'll kind of confirm that and what was your second question We had a lot of officers at the scene We had at least six six plus Metro officers that were immediately there There was a lot of the surveillance and everything else a bottom line We interviewed or took written statements from approximately 30 Witnesses a lot of those were officers at the time Like I said, I believe based on evidence that we have at the scene that there is potentially some more witnesses out there I would really encourage them to come forward and talk to us Absolutely, we're going to be pulling and looking at all the video that has resolved some of the information that I have You know is from some of that. I wouldn't call it high quality Surveillance video that is going to show much, but you know, it does show some so that is part of an investigation We always are going to look at any and all aspects of that We have a tentative ID, I just that's one of the reasons I was late coming in here I was on the phone with the coroner's office They're in the final process of putting something out talking to the individual that does that over there He truly anticipates to have it out within the hour I was hoping that we could come in here, but to follow what our protocol is They're the ones that release that Like I said, we do have family members that were at the scene. I know the family has been notified on this But they're working on doing their final steps that they need to outright confirm what's going on So at this time hopefully within the hour you will have that information I had wife girlfriend I think you kind of depends on who you which person in the family member, but yes, she was Related to or had a relationship with him I'm not sure that the child was his but known to him very well Release the identity Yeah, the booking photo I will be I don't have any investigative need at this time to withhold any of that So that will be released upon them verification. I think the big thing is just verification through fingerprints and Cleaning up part of the thing that I see is we have lots of aliases and lots of Data births by this guy and they you know what the coroner's office expressed to me that they want to be accurate what they put out Generally that's going to come at the completion of our investigation at this point like I said, it's Not the greatest of video, but it's video that helps set a time frame. It helps, you know, cooperate Statements that were made by witnesses by officers. I will tell you it's not good enough that you're going to see Actions or some of that it's it's more kind of gross movement of what vehicles did and you can see People walking and coming but that will all be made available upon, you know the completion of what the district attorney when they come down to it and You know, I don't we don't want to jeopardize any type of actions that may happen before I Don't know that I have that information that information. I know they had the jet that was there I have not heard anything related. I didn't go I guess I can't accurately answer that I do know that it was involved in that crime What involvement it is with him whether it was stolen or something else? I don't have that Did you guys want the officer? Okay, so the other one we're going to go ahead and announce the the officer that's involved in this is Officer Jeff Mott's he's a 93 badge number veteran with 22.8 years on the job. He is currently assigned to the metro spot unit It's MOTZ I I'll get that. I think any other question or I guess that's it. Okay