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Lawsuit says hero who killed gunman was shot without warning

FILE - Police officers investigate the scene of a shooting in Olde Town Arvada on June 21, 2021, in Arvada, Colo. The mother of a man hailed as a hero for killing a gunman who ambushed and fatally shot a police officer only to be killed himself by another officer in suburban Denver filed a lawsuit Wednesday, June 22, 2022, alleging the officer who shot him should have realized he did not pose a threat. (Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via AP, File) FILE - Flowers, flags and notes cover a patrol car and bike outside Arvada City Hall, on June 22, 2021 in Arvada, Colo., during a memorial for slain Arvada Police Officer Gordon Beesley, who was was killed during a shooting in Olde Town Arvada, The mother of a man hailed as a hero for killing a gunman who ambushed and fatally shot Beesley only to be killed himself by another officer in suburban Denver filed a lawsuit Wednesday, June 22, 2022, alleging the officer who shot him should have realized he did not pose a threat. (RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via AP, File)
Lawsuit says hero who killed gunman was shot without warning