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October 17, 2003
• Colorado law does not require that police officer James Turney retreat from the danger posed to himself and others.
• Prosecutors could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that it was unreasonable for Turney to perceive that Paul Childs was an imminent deadly threat.
• Two officers armed with Taser devices were prevented by time and position from stunning Childs to avoid a shooting.
• No criminal charges will be filed in Denver stemming from threats Turney allegedly made to his former mother-in-law in Iowa the day before Childs was shot.
• All of the documents and taped interviews in the investigation are open to public inspection at the district attorney's office.
• If Childs had complied with repeated pleas from family and warnings from police to drop his knife, DA Bill Ritter said, the incident likely would have concluded peacefully.
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