Bodycam: La Salle police officer indicted for murder in shooting death of man at Family Dollar store
A grand jury has indicted a La Salle police officer on murder charges in the fatal shooting last month of a 38-year-old man in the parking lot of a Family Dollar store.
The 19th Judicial District Statutory Grand Jury issued an indictment dated June 23 against La Salle Police Officer Erik Hernandez after determining his use of force was not justified, the Weld County District Attorney’s Office announced in a Monday news release.
On May 3, Hernandez and another officer encountered a suspicious vehicle parked outside the Family Dollar, 165 S. 2nd Street in LaSalle.
Police deemed the car suspicious because the vehicle identification number was obscured and there was no record of the out-of-state license plate, according to Hernandez’s indictment.
Officers parked a patrol car behind the Dodge Magnum, so the driver could not leave before they found them.
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