 So, hi, I'm Barb Archer, it's A-R-C-H-E-R, and as Sonny said, the commander of the Major Crimes Division. So, I'm going to give you an update on the incident that happened on Saturday morning in the early hours of the 2800 block of South Whitman where we had an officer who was shot. So, the call started out with officers being sent to the address around 4.30 in the morning on a welfare check on a party who was making suicidal statements to his friends via text messages. The messages included concerns that he was injuring himself and that he possibly had access to a gun. So, the first officers arrived there about 4.40, they saw the garage door was open and there was a mail standing just inside that garage. The officer took a position of cover and started talking to the mail. He was agitated, he was making angry statements, other officers arrived and together they continued their efforts to de-escalate this mail through verbal negotiations and telling them that they were there to help him, they didn't want to hurt him. Officers and supervisors on the scene formulated a plan, they used cover and concealment while they negotiated with the mail. The officers had less lethal equipment with them with plans to safely take the mail into custody and get him the help that he needed. He wasn't receptive to their efforts to help him. They continued to work on de-escalating him and establishing a report and this went on for about 25 minutes. After that course of the 25 minutes, the mail continued to make angry statements and was not cooperating with the officers' requests. Suddenly he pulled out a handgun and he rapidly moved towards the officers who had a position of cover and he fired his gun at them. The officers immediately responded to that threat. One officer fired his taser and the second officer fired his handgun at the mail striking him several times and it's important to note when we deploy less lethal weaponry such as a taser, we also deploy lethal cover and that the case in this situation. So the injured officer, he was taken to a nearby hospital and underwent surgery for a fractured femur. He's in stable condition, he remains hospitalized, his recovery outlook is good so we're hopeful there. The injured male was taken to the hospital with injuries to his torso and he is still hospitalized and remains in critical condition. That male has been identified as Brandon Gerwing. Brandon is B-R-A-N-D-O-N, Gerwing, G-E-R-W-I-N-G and he's being held for investigation of attempt first degree murder and first degree assault on a peace officer. We did recover a gun that we believe he fired at the officers. I'll tell you about the officers who were involved. The injured officer is named John Alred, that's spelled A-L-L-R-E-D. Officer Alred's been with the department for just barely a year. He's been on the street as a solo officer for three weeks having just recently completed his training. The other officer involved who fired his weapon is Sergeant Chad Kindle. He's been with the police department for 11 years and he is currently on administrative leave. So all Denver police officer involved shootings are investigated cooperatively with the Aurora Police Department and the Denver District Attorney's office per our established protocol. I know you've got questions about body worn camera video. We will release that as soon as we can. Right now we still need to interview the injured officer and the suspect before we can release that information to you. We're open. We're committed to being open and transparent and we'll release what we can as soon as we can. That's it. Any questions? Did the police shatter the lab for the officer? Yes. Officer Kindle's name, Sergeant Kindle, could you spell his last name please? K-E-N-D-A-L-L. So he's a 11 year veteran in the force? Yes, sir. The other officer you've said less than a year can be used specifically? He just completed his training program. He's been on the street as a solo officer for three weeks. Excuse me? Just completed his training program? No. It's solo. Solo officer. Right. He's been working by himself. He was hired in July, completed the police academy, then completed the street training program, and then is released to be a solo officer. You said he had the teaser being fired? Correct. Did he hit me? Yes, he did. Yes, he did. Fired what? So the new officer fired the taser, and the sergeant fired his handgun. Who was the first on the scene? Was it the new officer or the veteran? No, there were five officers on scene? Who were at first? I do not know which one was first. There was a team of supervisors and officers put together their plan to try and get this man the help he needed. The officer with the taser, the officer already? Was he the one that was speaking or negotiating with the officers? No, the officers were negotiating from the suspect from a different position. Correct. Yes. Not necessarily. They were prepared to use less lethal force. They had not seen a gun prior to that point. In this situation, we were told he had access to a gun, but we hadn't seen him with one. That's the kind of lead up to this shooting. I mean, they were trying to negotiate with him. I'm sure all those officers had CIT training. Right. Yes, all of our police officers are CIT trained. Crisis, which is crisis intervention training, were to de-escalate and try to talk people into compliance so we can get them into the situation where they can get the help they need. So they were in an area where they could see and talk with the suspect and negotiating with them. And he knew they were there. He was yelling back at them, but again, not complying with their request to just come out where we could see you and let us come help you. We're here to help you. We don't want to hurt you. At least a week, we need time to interview the injured officer. And obviously, we can't do that yet while he's still under medical care. He was struck several times. Yes. I don't know yet. He's critical. Do you know if he has a prior criminal history? He does not. 23? Is this the first interaction your department has had with Mr. Chairman? No, we were at his house in October on a similar situation. And that turned out where we were able to get it quickly under control and off to medical treatment. No, just take him to the hospital for treatment. Suspect to a Snapchat. He used social media. Snapchat may be one of those resources. So Snapchat was. It's possible. During the meeting. The information we had was text messages. But it's possible. It's possible there was Snapchat. As you know, Snapchat disappears once it's sent. So I can't verify that right now. Which officers? The ones who are. So when the officers were negotiating with them, they were probably 100 feet. When the shots were fired, you to me, 10 feet. Very, very close. Yes. They had a position of cover on the side of the garage. And that's where the suspect decided to turn. We had not seen a gun. No, we had not seen a gun up to that point. Well, they're very tense and they're very volatile when you have somebody with unpredictable behavior. And when they appear to be under the influence of substances, in this case, we suspect it was alcohol. We're not sure if there were other substances. So you're dealing with somebody who's erratic clearly in a crisis. And you just, you don't know where it's going to go. And you do the best you can to communicate with them and find that conversation point that will help them calm down and de-escalate and help them realize that we want to get them the help that they need. Personal crisis. He was taken to a hospital. I don't know what his treatment was after that. That wouldn't be a police matter. And you said it's final. Yes. No, just the officer who fired his handgun. Was he responding to what they asked him to do at all? He was not responding by complying, but he was responding with yelling, go away. I don't need you. I know my right. It's a type of statement. When he's booked, he's still in the hospital. All right, guys, thank you. Okay. Can you tell us the age of John? He's 23.