Aurora Reconsiders Using Machine Guns During Prostitution Stings
Suspect Stunned, Shot 3 Times In Back
AURORA, Colo. -- A police SWAT team that entered a hotel room where an unarmed man died during a prostitution sting were carrying submachine guns, not handguns that are easily holstered in cases where physical force is needed, Police Chief Dan Oates said Tuesday.
The findings of an internal review into the Dec. 3, 2003, death of Jamaal Allan Bonner, 20, have prompted a reconsideration of machine gun use during prostitution stings, Oates said.
Officers more than likely will carry handguns during similar arrests, Oates said after releasing a 116-page review of the shooting.
Police said Bonner offered crack cocaine to an undercover female officer posing on a street as a prostitute in exchange for sex. He followed the officer into a motel room where she went into a bathroom and signaled five SWAT officers who were in an adjacent room.
After the officers swarmed into the room, the unarmed Bonner was hit with a Taser weapon then shot three times in the back.
An Arapahoe County grand jury in 2004 cleared the officers involved in the shooting of any criminal wrongdoing.
Suspect Stunned, Shot 3 Times In Back
AURORA, Colo. -- A police SWAT team that entered a hotel room where an unarmed man died during a prostitution sting were carrying submachine guns, not handguns that are easily holstered in cases where physical force is needed, Police Chief Dan Oates said Tuesday.
The findings of an internal review into the Dec. 3, 2003, death of Jamaal Allan Bonner, 20, have prompted a reconsideration of machine gun use during prostitution stings, Oates said.
Officers more than likely will carry handguns during similar arrests, Oates said after releasing a 116-page review of the shooting.
Police said Bonner offered crack cocaine to an undercover female officer posing on a street as a prostitute in exchange for sex. He followed the officer into a motel room where she went into a bathroom and signaled five SWAT officers who were in an adjacent room.
After the officers swarmed into the room, the unarmed Bonner was hit with a Taser weapon then shot three times in the back.
An Arapahoe County grand jury in 2004 cleared the officers involved in the shooting of any criminal wrongdoing.