 Hello, my name is Matt Clark, and I'm a Lieutenant in the Denver Police Department's Major Crimes Division. This critical incident debriefing is intended to provide you with information regarding an officer-involved shooting that occurred in the 1,000 block of Monaco Parkway on Monday, December 28th, 2020. You are about to see relevant video footage and learn about other evidence and police procedures related to the case, so you have an understanding of the details of this incident. The use of deadly force by a police officer demands a thorough investigation be completed. The Denver Police Department is committed to ensuring a full and timely investigation of these serious incidents. This allows for a comprehensive examination of the officer's actions to determine compliance with state statutes and department policies. In accordance with legislation passed in 2015, the investigation of police shootings in Denver are conducted by a multi-agency investigative team made up of members of the Denver and Aurora Police Department homicide units, as well as the Denver District Attorney's Office. All critical incident investigations are actively monitored by the Office of the Independent Monitor. A word of caution. The images and information you are about to see may be disturbing. When a police officer uses force to arrest a suspect or defend against an attack, it can be graphic and difficult to watch. In addition, there may be strong language used by those in the video. Viewer discretion is advised. This officer-involved shooting incident occurred immediately after three individuals committed a home invasion robbery at 950 Monaco Parkway. In this incident, an innocent homeowner was shot and killed, and another individual within the residence was shot and critically injured. To protect the integrity of future prosecutions, this debriefing will focus only on the interaction between the Denver Police officers and the three offenders. There will be no discussion regarding the home invasion robbery, the homicide, or the aggravated assault that occurred in the residence. On Monday, December 28, 2020, at approximately 11.20 a.m., a resident called Denver 911 to report his neighbor located at 950 North Monaco Parkway was being attacked. Denver 911 was attacked by two workers, two men in yellow vans, one were in an orange heart and happy to attack them. Are there any weapons involved? I think someone saw what appeared to be a gun. This residence was on the southeast corner of East 10th Avenue and North Monaco Parkway. The caller provided descriptions of three suspects and provided information regarding a small black vehicle that was parked on 10th Avenue that was believed to be associated with the suspects. Denver Police officers were nearby and promptly arrived in the area. Officers located the previously described sedan, which was determined to be a black Honda Fit sedan that was occupied by one of the suspects. As the officers neared the vehicle, another suspect, 38-year-old Joshua Ham, exited the residence and began running east. The driver slowly drove east attempting to allow Mr. Ham to get into the vehicle, but she quickly sped away southbound on Magnolia Street as officers neared. Joshua Ham was taken into custody without incident in the 900 block of Magnolia Street. He was found to be in possession of a Ruger 9mm semi-automatic handgun. This weapon was not loaded. About the same time, Denver Police officers Crystal Thomas and John Repchar arrived in the area and heard a gunshot fired as they were nearing the residence. Immediately after this, the officers observed the third suspect, 47-year-old Larry Ham, run out of the residence. Larry Ham proceeded westbound on 10th Avenue towards Monaco Parkway holding a brown handgun in his hand. The uniformed officers stopped their marked Denver Police vehicle on 10th Avenue east of Monaco Parkway. The officers both issued several verbal commands to Larry Ham directing him to stop. The officers pursued Mr. Ham on foot as he continued westbound. Mr. Ham ran into the northbound lanes of Monaco Parkway where he blocked the path of a northbound motorist driving a grey Jeep Grand Cherokee causing the driver to slam on their brakes. Officers continued to give verbal commands to Mr. Ham, which he ignored. While holding the handgun towards the driver, Mr. Ham racked the slide of his firearm multiple times. He approached the driver's door and told the driver to get out or I'll shoot. Mr. Ham pulled the locked driver's door handle and also unsuccessfully attempted to break the driver's window using the bottom of his firearm. The driver of this vehicle sped away and later called police. After the grey Jeep Grand Cherokee drove away northbound, Larry Ham was exposed to the officers and was still holding the handgun. The officers were positioned in a yard east of Mr. Ham when they both discharged their duty handguns at Mr. Ham. None of the officers rounds struck Mr. Ham, however bullets did strike a vehicle traveling southbound on Monaco Parkway. No one in that vehicle was injured. Mr. Ham ran west across the large grassy median on Monaco Parkway and continued north into the Monaco Locust Alley. While running, Mr. Ham threw the handgun he was carrying. Officers lost sight of Mr. Ham and began setting up a perimeter. Shortly after, Mr. Ham emerged back on Monaco Parkway. Corporal Jeff Jenkins, who was approaching from the north, observed Mr. Ham in the southbound lanes of traffic and recognized he was attempting to gain access to a vehicle he had stopped in the southbound lanes. Corporal Jenkins activated the overhead emergency lights and siren on his marked Denver Police vehicle to make Mr. Ham aware of his presence in the hopes it would cause Mr. Ham to abandon his efforts to get back. To forcibly take a vehicle. This action had the desired effect. Mr. Ham began traveling east across the large grassy median and walked back towards the northbound lanes of Monaco. Corporal Jenkins, a uniformed officer, stopped and exited his marked police vehicle. Corporal Jenkins drew his duty handgun and began following Mr. Ham as he continued into the northbound lanes of traffic. Corporal Jenkins issued multiple commands directing Mr. Ham to get on the ground, which were ignored. Corporal Jenkins began walking in the northbound lanes of traffic in an effort to stop northbound vehicles so Mr. Ham could not confront another driver. Two vehicles in the northbound lane had slowed and stopped ahead of Corporal Jenkins. Mr. Ham quickly went towards the driver's side of the rear vehicle. When Mr. Ham could not open the driver's door, he went around the front of the vehicle to the front passenger door. Mr. Ham opened this door and quickly entered the vehicle. As Corporal Jenkins approached the passenger side of the vehicle, he observed the driver was fearful and did not know what to do with Mr. Ham and the passenger seat of her vehicle. Corporal Jenkins's repeated commands to Mr. Ham were ignored, and Corporal Jenkins recognized that less lethal options would not have been affected in stopping Mr. Ham. Corporal Jenkins was specifically concerned for the safety of the driver and recognized she could be kidnapped, harmed, or killed. Corporal Jenkins was positioned outside the front passenger window when he discharged his duty weapon multiple times, striking Mr. Ham. Corporal Jenkins was aware of the driver's proximity to Mr. Ham, and he directed his gunfire in a manner that ensured the driver would not be struck by the fired rounds. Officers quickly worked to free the driver from the vehicle. Other than cuts from the glass of the passenger door window, the driver was unharmed. Officers removed Mr. Ham from the vehicle and detained him. An ambulance was immediately called and promptly arrived at the scene. Mr. Ham was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced deceased. Following a police shooting, any officers involved in the incident are separated and assigned to a supervisor once a situation is stabilized. Involved officers remain in the company of the assigned supervisor throughout the initial investigation of the incident. Through the investigation, it was determined that a total of seven rounds were fired by three Denver police officers. At the scene, investigators recovered a brown, Springfield arms, 9mm Hellcat, semi-automatic handgun. This was the firearm that Larry Ham was holding as he fled the victim's residence and was the same firearm he possessed when he attempted to car jack the first vehicle that was northbound on Monaco Parkway. This firearm was forensically linked to shell casings that were recovered within the victim's residence. This firearm was also determined to have been stolen in a residential burglary that occurred several days prior to this incident. Investigators met with and interviewed the victim of the first attempted car jacking. She described Mr. Ham running in front of her vehicle and having to slam on the brakes to avoid a collision. She further described observing Mr. Ham manipulating a handgun, which caused two live rounds to be ejected from the gun. These rounds landed on the victim's vehicle and were later recovered by investigators in the area between the front windshield and the engine hood. The victim further described Mr. Ham attempting to smash the driver's window of her vehicle with the handgun while shouting at her to get out of the vehicle. She described being terrified and recognized she only had seconds to react before she would have been a car jacking victim. Detectives interviewed the driver of the vehicle Larry Ham entered. This witness described Mr. Ham entering the vehicle and immediately pushing and aggressively moving her arm. She believed the officer's actions prevented Mr. Ham from doing anything to her and relayed she believed the officer saved her life. A toxicology report revealed the presence of amphetamine, methamphetamine and THC in Mr. Ham's system. In the days following the incident investigators identified the third offender as 44 year old Tamika Dudley. Ms. Dudley was found to be in possession of the Black Honda Fit sedan that was used during this incident. That vehicle was determined to have been stolen during a residential burglary several days prior to this incident. In relation to this case Ms. Dudley was charged with first degree murder for felony murder, two counts of aggravated robbery and two counts of first degree burglary. Joshua Ham was charged with first degree murder for felony murder, criminal attempt first degree murder, two counts of aggravated robbery and two counts of first degree burglary. Both individuals are presumed innocent unless proven guilty. Detective subsequently linked the three offenders in this case to three additional residential burglaries that occurred in the vicinity in the week prior to this offense. All officers assigned to uniform patrol duties in Denver have been issued body worn cameras. These devices are generally worn at chest level by patrol officers and are capable of recording both audio and video. Prior to being activated by the officer the body worn camera maintains a 30 second video buffer. Once the officer activates the camera the 30 second buffer video is captured and the camera starts recording both audio and video. It is important to note that a body worn camera captures a general perspective of what is in the camera's view. However this footage may or may not be what the officer actually saw or perceived. At times an officer's movement or hand positioning may inadvertently block the camera's view. Additionally the camera may not capture light in the same way as an officer's eye. Here is the relevant raw body camera footage that was captured by the involved Denver police officer's body worn cameras. Again viewer discretion is advised. All officers assigned to uniform patrol duties in the week prior to this offense. I insist on still northbound locust Monica O'Alley. OK. He headed to the west. We need perimeter setup on this ASAP. Police stop! OK. He's trying to go eastbound towards Monaco again. Watch out. I think he dropped a gun in the median area. I don't have eyes on him now. He went eastbound, more towards the southern half, eastbound. Black male. He's wearing, uh, was wearing one of the orange vests. You get together because you're all wearing the same thing. Stand right there and don't go anywhere. People are pointing to us that he's, uh, east towards Monaco, east towards Monaco. I'm going to go stand back over here. One, two, and three. I'm going through your passport. I'm going to get all three of them. We just had multiple shots fired from somewhere. I thought that's where that gun is. Where's our set, where's our black male suspect? Our what? Our black male suspect. I don't know if that's him. This guy was black. You mean the guy on the ground right here? I thought, I don't think that's, I don't think so. This is an OIS where the shots were fired by the suspect. What the? Shots were fired by the suspect. We're just north of 10 Monaco. I'm 23 out of my fired shots as well. I'm just trying to confirm the male suspect that had the vest on. Do we have him in custody somewhere? The what? Okay. Four doors to down the tall standing truck. Let me get over there and look at this guy and make sure. That one right there is the house he ran out of. Suspects came from that house. Red brick suspect ran from that door right there under the light. Did they? What's that? Should I give you my gun? I shot mine too. Did we find the gun over here? I don't know. He was just carjacking her. That's it. Let's look over here. There was a car coming north. She was in the car. Do you have the gun over here? What's the exact address? Do you want to help walk with this? Yep. You shot? Yes. We're on this shooting a shot. We shot a lot of shots. This area needs to be looked at. When I pulled up. I stopped there. He ran across the intersection with that cop. I got in behind him. He was walking. He was trying to get in the car. He was trying to get in the car. I don't know. Our counter is back now. We didn't see the gun here. Can you look for a gun? In this area south down. I'm going to scene secure. I'm going to turn off. Get on the fucking ground! Get on the ground now! Get on the ground! Get flat! Get flat on the ground! Get flat on the ground! You're getting that car! I'm shooting you! I will shoot you if you're getting that car! I shot him. Get him out of here. I didn't cuff him up. I think he just got blood on him. All right. We'll get down to second. He was trying to car jack this. Bring that ambulance up to us. He's been shot three times. Right in this side. Right in this side. Right in this side. Right in this side. Right in this side. Got 13 sand. Clear the air. I'm going to need a perimeter scene, crime scene put up. Take 10th to 12th. I'm going to need a sergeant down here for an officer involved shooting. Just take Monaco from those blocks up. You have to take my gun. What's that? Should I give you my gun? I shot mine too. Did you find the gun over here? I don't know. He was just car jacking her when I got up. Come on. Let's look over here. There was a car coming north. Hold on. She was in the car when I shot. Can we get her checked too? I think we have to get someone else. But you shot. Then you're going to have to be over here too. He shot over there. I shot here. This area. This area needs to be looked at. So when I pulled up, I stopped there. He ran across the intersection where that cop is there. I got in behind him, walking to him to get on the ground, get on the ground. He started trying to get into cars. So he didn't have, he didn't see a gun here, but he was car jacking cars. He was trying to get into cars and he got into this car with this female. And that's when I shot. Can I turn it off if you want me to stay on? The Denver District Attorney will review the details of this incident and determine if the officer's actions were in compliance with Colorado law. After the district attorney renders the decision, the Denver Police Department Internal Affairs Bureau and Conduct Review Bureau will complete an administrative review of this case. The details of the case will be presented to a use of force review board which is made up of community members and police command officers. This board will determine whether the actions of the Denver Police Officers were in compliance with the high standards expected of every Denver Police Officer related to policies, training and tactics. For additional information regarding the investigation of critical incidents or the Denver Police Department's use of force policies, you may visit denvergov.org Thank you for taking the time to view this critical incident briefing.