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<br />tofileyW'Al;c;m6iiiingue~'fsaid;'(if,:':: ,,'with -~lice; H~efijjJifea hiS"iim 6orore 11'e was Shotthr~
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<br />.,2:!l:,~~'th~.'tighn6 believe. that tlie= ..enceatld-ge~a~ay;l~aniIteZIs3id.'illr'-wisJ\ihef' ffi' ...
<br />1"[~'!" stIll ('perable lliid,Stincal'a,,,,,,~~":~~y~~~S~i'n~rtJt~ofild~~eJ~a hif.i}rs
<br />b~9 ~~nflictirigJrijuiY;J~~t)Jecause'_~ - ~~..':u'Sh~~.YVtak- .?-':!.." . C*~y';..e::~ ,~!l_~j:~\~~G:~~i~~~:"
<br />gJ:~>>.en' c~!l}gs~Wei-e;:i..'covered~' flr ~es her llireerem"ih,"gcbilareinii~t'tii""O"
<br />~lI.tmean~:,yholelotLWe:ye had.ii :week.'H~! now~~ldeitbOY~8I:WOjj'izen,titof;~~fue'
<br />,u..r~er, cas<;sl~!t~~; shen{casings;.'t'Mend~z"co,ulclit:r k;eep 1iproiffise~~e~;would'be'ii'ih'"
<br />~X'?;lIot bee.nJ..'co,vere!i~We:ye had. .:'.' '... "We have'(,tCleiln liis'grnve-. J:leCiture;We.fi dbU10 6-'
<br />Urder casO$wIiereiPurderWeapOri.S~" f":l'eoP.~e:sfi~'6i[h.i.s.:~<}:!;I])stQfie~iilid;Sii1i1';-oiie ~ap;e~,hille,
<br />;Sija,,~.,'.i.. been,.1r,ecoy~. redJ'It:s'really~C:~ ~aroun(ht; and someone.toon'l61iJi ~,~,._.".,- thi'~ ._~..~'"";
<br />.:r?:}-;.. th' ~...... ... ',. -~... Ot"R .'..,.' ""'d~"" .........;.*._.r:- eH!st?~e ngan carved
<br />""tinot som,? mgIlnusual.':.'!C"" :'., ,..:'iml '.. ,'!Illlrez~av-,,-I]'e,gQI}!k~them'and told them to st3y~aia!
<br />. ~j,1';';SiX pOlice'?lfj~ \ve~"'involvcil _' my son s ~ve.) eve'1 ~dI:~!,uld.tjJe.. restraining order cin':t1i'
<br />\$!;l:'m the.incident;t1ie',TepOrt'states,u., .. call the pOlice, but they Just laugh and saynobodywi11 help me'
<br />1 -W1;;-' ,,~:: r~o ofthe~P9]~~ offi_cers'who -re:' ',Juan assaulte<l"a poligeman~v~:;;"'''7:-~ci:c .,r~,c ;<~::_;',-<";""~'
<br />,~.spOnded were !i'aillees' and nOlle of .'- "I~'s notrightiWhy do ~f{~;;ep do~;; this ;oiriysbll,Hf~>'
<br />,_ ;~'t.the officers wasJ{,jiiied'in'fuerepcirt. ' gang. How c?,!ld he, be?He ,was only out of prisOll for a weeIC'i'
<br />,~~~:-.;~ "Mendez,; died;".irom ca"gunshot; Mendez VISIted his mother at3 am: the day before he died:iI' .
<br />';(. ~'., . wound to the left side of his chest that, lord threatened to -h;ive hefeviciOd if Mendez moved in after'i,em
<br />~'1t:L perfofa:ted his I!eari arid leftIung, Ail leased fr?m a juvenile detention center in early February. He iiiav
<br />~ ~~~f'o~_~identifie(ronlf'as'No.'5 _ a ~;;\Vl~ a friend III G~ley.;,.,...~~,~ ~~!>:,;,.~(~,; ~~',-;"" ~~'<'~
<br />, .',', tramee-firedthefatalshot:Melldez " ~e.cameove:andsaidhev.:asn'teatingorsleeping,Hes;rld;"
<br />.--"-a!~osuffered two,gtlnSholwoimds to- _ I ?O~, t '!~t,t'2.gI~eyou more trouble,:anq left. and that's the laSt
<br />.'th~ left. leg as ~e'~~chaitged gullfrre',hi~, .l{affiirez s:tI?- "His old girlfriend told him he couldn't see;his'
<br />", WIth three officerS'"'''' ,.".;..., ,'.d "?<'~ ~caus~ she,,9idtt't~ant him'knowing his father was in priSO .
<br />.... ,; ,Trainees are ne~'~~ t~' iIIe de- I Just ~sh ~ple w~uld understand how it feels to have yom son
<br />: \ . partmeiIt and are required ioitndergo ,:en awa):' lik<: this ~d bemg blamed for everything."., ,',~
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<br />" thi~ mCIgent \Ve~j>olice'academy;:," ,,"...~'I wish ~~,had a11,th~ money [rithe"w&ld 'So\ve~ould get~tifo
<br />" tramed and were accompanied by of- ': but we~ t, she S.atd, 'There's',a lot ofh,ate in Greeley." ,;}it;~
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<br />",' John Gates . .,. Or e~, sat I,gt,:'report fr('m Weld County Dispatch ahd pOinted it ai hi~~ ,,;:~
<br />. .::'~pOkesman, '.,~,.:..l~e~,,':.~;;,flO ~ce, ":;.~~N,'''that~ :Hispanicjuvenile,ma1e ',. "Officer Number 1 stated"
<br />'. '" Th ' 'd 'b' ...__.."",_,_>.~..''!;~:mth,?~wlthahandgunmhis sh('tAthesuspe.ct,aitdthe.sti.~_
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<br />..j(i,fg-(sa;d. Mendez shoe at him' when it comes to forecasting what ai- week in Greeley, ,:'-=--:']';;'-;,;-;::'-::;;,-~
<br />....;limd ran west into a yard, King eas will be hit by thunderstomis, ,~. "'c'TheOallegos family, meanwhile,
<br />ttlove'd'from the cover of his patrol . "On very raredayswould 100 per-'" pla.iS'to~milke'itclaim: of iis-<jwn~::::;-'" ·
<br />ar)O:~eewhere Mendez had gone. cent of the area get "severe storm;'~"?Erid}a11egos blained ffig>:ba~>- ,
<br />. d saw that the boy was on his. knees Tonge said, ,.:;'.., ~,c,_,c<_meiit"flb'odingoii-a'''ityofEvaDscoii~c::<
<br />iiitliea-where two fences met;: . But .000el,"Y' may ,appe~ to,~,tl.'-~)!:.;. striiCiliili'projectiiii\ihas leif. Beiffioht:::
<br />'~Menilez'.then shot'eight'''or nine exceptIOn this week,' .. " =~.. -":"""Avenue"without pavement5cc,c '';-''-"7=: '
<br />.'hiiKitigbeforehitting him,"ac- ~ . On ,Monday, golf-ball-slz~ ~aII ~,=,;-::J:liifcity-:-offiCials said thaGs 'not': ,,:
<br />rdingci'6'the'report:Mendez then' and ram pOunded west GreeleY'--"''''''''''ilie'cas e""",,,,_d..-~.,..., ",,,.,,,.;.,,..,.:-...,.;:"
<br />''''wu~~~6n'7th'Avenue''':'~~;:1;~:,~i-t;-~'. . May. Martinei<'-" Hend~rshot:~:--?'~''Tbai~~'-:t~~'h;t~that'"th6 " .
<br />~~'Washit in the pi11ky of his left "spokeswo~3I! at the_S~te Fapn I~::"'-:'.itW~sYaiiil 'sio~'sewer;:~ouldn'l
<br />d,and the bullet traveled through surance regIonal office m Evans, saId'i'-h' '~dl "t ";.EarPS" 'th .fu"" f-
<br />"'s'.W!iL~~,l~ge~n~ his el\>Ow, the company has processed ab5ut 700 "'='-t)n . ,~.;-, ~"'F-' ~ Jl!l J. ,"F.tor 0
<br />'):ePQ!1st.ateS):ie .requIred surgery. automobile claims this week with a.t :l?ublic;~o,r~,s~dthis ~g~1J1g;,:"f!1e ,
<br />hi- d d " .....' d$840000'da ".--:.C""'constructton'had:nothingta.doWlth.,.
<br />on s~woun an was gIven an ex-' esnmate ,m mages, ".~'" .. "c"'. --," ,..~"....., .' '."
<br />nsi~leaveof absence before he re-' State Farm also anticipates' about It.'" --:~' '..;,"'~:~sii.,c:;i~'.:;~c,,; ,. .. . ·
<br />-liilYfu!li?Ded to active duty:';:'~~2, '1,500 homeowners claims at alost of, . Smith sai,dt!t!-5ity,c.ontracted with.
<br />eridez ended up in the back; yard $2,25 million; Hendershot saiq, "', GLH ~fonstructJolI: o~jpree!ey to'",',
<br />~6.1.3.:!~..thSt";''0,,'c'C'jf:!itc'''. .,,' "~~ was pretty s~bStantial.\. dam- r.ep~ve,:..the s,treet:and m.stall._..curbs, . ,
<br />.,/f1iiee'officers who already had age, she satd, . ij gutters,and sl<!e:".a!Ics"d",,, . ,-
<br />", Ii' notified that King was shot iso- ..., Hendershot added that State, Farm," *'T!t~re was.are~ !0\V: iIrea on Bel-
<br />: dMendez in the back yard of the' ,handled claims in.1996 from nine hail mont toward 38th Street that we are
<br />:ome;' and a number of shots were stonns across the state - the largest repairing," Smith said, ." "..- .
<br />'>'. . ,.' '. storm caused $32 million damage in He added that changes had,not yet" '.
<br />. Officer 4; armed witli a shotgun, Denver last spring, 1 been made to the inte<SeCtiorinearthe ,,'
<br />and Officer 5, armed with it' pistol, Another SIO,rn,t, in Lamar l~t year Gallegos' home that' would: have ''C',:,
<br />.: k pOsitions in the front yard".... _ caused $2.4 nullion damage. ~ caused the flOoding, :" ,. ":,,,,~' >',/:'f':
<br />"Officer ,4 and Officer.5.said. ''ThIS ~ks right up there.'i He~- Theconstructiollproject'shQuldlie','j
<br />"e1lllez refused to drop his'gunand dershot SaId about the, stonn thIS complete by mid-August;Smifu said:. "i
<br />, inted the pistol at thettL Neither of ~., . ::,:.: !,':' 'i:
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<br />shot at him six times at 613 16th Sf- ... ~ ";>:' -<~:'..;-;.~
<br />Officer 6, situated in an alley bec ' Janet Roth has beell wagi/lg her now, according to Beddingfieid! .:':
<br />!tind the house to prevellt Mendez .own battle with the Stampede'Com- "One of the kids', parents called and;:; j
<br />;!rom getting,away, did not fire on,' mittee, In May, she wrote that she'd gave us an alternative - the Denver ' ..
<br />'Mendez,bOcause' .he.feared misSing.' "purchased six collceri!ic!<ets, two of . Center on Deafness. We called.thettL., ,:
<br />~d hitting thelt.o~~;.,' .,'~;!iJ;::";" them for hearingCimpaffed people, and they will supply our 'inter-~;
<br />'1: Officer4detenmned that his shot- .. but then Roth learned there would be preters." .. ...'. ;;i.., .'
<br />"gun was ineffeCtive'against Mendez no interpreters', She began writing let- Danielson' said her 'group 'still;;';
<br />, the range he was at, and he direct- ters to the StamPede Committee, but doesn't understand why a small bill it!>,:
<br />Officer 5 to fire. .:'", ....". . she was first told there'would.be no owed would cause the Stampede',,:,
<br />,Mendez was found face down with interpreters, ..,:. j. Committee to drop all illteqiretei-S:i{'
<br />,an empty pistol near his right hand, That didll't stop Roth, who COlltill- from the programs, ,', ',' ~1f;;:'i,'#~l
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