Earlier this month, a 17-year-old in Aurora called 911 and police say he threatened to shoot up a gas station and then open fire on officers. The Aurora Police Department on Friday shared their officers' body camera footage of that incident that led to the teenager's death. They also released surveillance video.
The situation was unusual in that the suspect contacted emergency operators about himself.
"He threatened to commit mass violence," Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain said in a news conference on Friday. "He said he had the intent, and he said what he was going to do specifically."
On the night of Sept. 18 , the teen used the business phone inside the gas station, located at South Havana Street and Alameda Avenue, to call 911 and say he had a loaded gun.
"Where's the gun