Wednesday, 14. July 2004
Topic: POLICE REPORT - on July 14, 2004 at 3:59:00 PM CEST
Man pulls a soda can on cop. Cop shoots man.
Suspect's uncle slain after cop apparently mistakes soda can for gun.
A Denver police officer likely mistook a soda can for a weapon before shooting and killing a 63-year-old man in his bed, Police Chief Gerry Whitman said Monday.
Frank Lobato was shot once in the chest Sunday night during a police search for a domestic-violence suspect. Lobato, a career criminal and formerly homeless man whom neighbors said was disabled, was not involved in the domestic dispute.
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