WARNING: The video from the Colorado Springs Police Department in this article shows serious bodily injury resulting in death; viewer discretion is advised.
The Colorado Springs Police Department has released a significant event video briefing on a June officer-involved shooting that left a man dead.
Officers were responding to a call for service on Monday, June 23, at the Antero Apartments along South Murray Boulevard after reports of a disturbance.
When officers arrived, they say they came into contact with a man who had a weapon drawn. They say the man refused the officers' commands to drop the weapon before opening fire.
The video shows the moment officers came across the man with his weapons raised. Despite the initial commands, the man who was later identified as Jesus Ramirez, 51, was shot multiple times by officers. In the video below, you can see the moment the officers initially shot Ramirez, then the moment officers opened fire again as he raised the gun in his hand while on the ground.
Police say a loaded Kimber .38-Super was recovered from the scene; you can see an image of that weapon below.
The responding officers involved in the shooting were patrol officers Mike Pan and Ryan Clare with the Sand Creek Division of CSPD. Officer Pan had been with CSPD for 16 months at the time of the shooting, and Officer Clare had been with the department for a total of one year and eight months.
The Fourth Judicial District Attorney's Office has not delivered a ruling on the justification of this shooting.
You can watch the body camera video for yourself below.
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