In Adams County, District Attorney Dave Young said it would be difficult to prove that sheriff’s deputy Kyle Bacon violated Colorado law by fatally shooting a man who repeatedly fired at him during a car chase on Nov. 29, 2019. Bacon shot Keith Bruce, 40, after Bruce drove into a ditch after firing at him and ran across a field toward a home in a rural area. Bacon said Bruce turned and fired at him from 70 yards away, causing him to shoot Bruce with his semi-automatic rifle.

The chase started after Bacon found Bruce sleeping in a suspected stolen truck. Bruce was convicted of attempted murder of a police officer in 2004 in Mesa County, Young said.

Meanwhile, Greeley police said that Weld County district attorney decided that an unnamed officer who shot an armed man sitting in a car with a woman at an apartment complex in Feb. 26 will not face criminal charges. Released body camera footage shows Ramiro Carrasco reaching for a gun on his lap and throwing it on the ground after being shot, police said.