The Denver Police Department said this week that a person they shot and killed last week was a transgender individual who tried to attack a police officer with a large knife. The suspect, 52-year-old Miguel Tapia, a man who claimed that he was a woman, tried to attack a police officer last week with a …
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TheDenverPoliceDepartmentsaidthisweekthatapersontheyshotandkilledlastweekwasatransgenderindividualwhotriedtoattackapoliceofficerwithalargeknife.
Thesuspect,52-year-oldMiguelTapia,amanwhoclaimedthathewasawoman,triedtoattackapoliceofficerlastweekwitha7-inchknife,accordingtobodycamerafootagethatwasreleasedoftheincident.
TheshootinghappenedlastSundayinanintersectionwhenpoliceconfrontedTapiaandtoldhimtodropwhathewasholdingandtoputhishandsonhishead.
Tapiastartedaggressivelymovingtowardthepoliceofficerwiththeknifeinhishand,atwhichpointtwopoliceofficersfiredtasersathiminanefforttostophim.
Whenthetaserswereunsuccessful,thepoliceofficerthathewasrunningafterpulledouthispistolandunloadedseveralshotsintotheattacker.Anotherofficeralsofiredatt
