Aurora police officers didn't know Jor'Dell Richardson had robbed store before starting chase that ended in 14-year-old's death

Aurora police officers didn't know that 14-year-old Jor'Dell Richardson had committed an armed robbery when two of them began chasing him at a stri...

June 13, 2023
4:24 PM

Aurora police officers didn't know that 14-year-old Jor'Dell Richardson had committed an armed robbery when two of them began chasing him at a strip mall earlier this month and then fatally shot the boy , who had a pellet gun.  The revelation raises new questions surrounding the June 1 shooting, which has prompted calls for interim Aurora police Chief Art Acevedo to resign. A protest is planned for Friday at the Colorado Capitol.  'While they may not have had the information about the robbery at the time of the chase, they certainly had reasonable suspicion that a crime had been committed,' Aurora police spokeswoman Sgt.

Jesse Paul