AURORA | The Aurora Police released the body camera footage of the 17-year-old white male shot by an Aurora officer, stating the incident was not considered a mental health crisis, while studies suggest that the incident was a possible “suicide by cop.”

“This was not a call based upon somebody who was in a mental crisis,” Chief Todd Chamberlain said. “This was a call based on an individual who said that he was going to commit mass shootings and mass violence.”

The shooting happened Sept. 18 about 7:40 p.m. outside the Conoco gas station at 290. S. Havana St., after the juvenile suspect called the police to say he was going to fire at police and “shoot up” a gas station, according to Aurora police.

Chamberlain outlined the sequence of events during a briefing Friday, describing the rapi

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