A Colorado Springs police officer, who shot a man who was driving off in the officer’s stolen police vehicle, will not face criminal charges in the non-fatal shooting, according to a case review.
, a pursuit that involved multiple crashes and ended with Uwadibie’s arrest.
At the time the shots were fired, Lowe did not know about the homicide. Uwadibie was driving away from Lowe and no longer threatening the officer, the review found. Lowe, however, was attempting to arrest Uwadibie for second-degree assault and menacing, the suspect was threatening people in the parking lot when Lowe arrived at the scene.
“A peace officer may use physical force only if nonviolent means would be ineffective in effecting an arrest, preventing an escape, or preventing an imminent threat of injury to the peace officer or another person,” the review decision said. “An officer is justified in using deadly physical force to make an arrest only when all other means of apprehension are unreasonable given the circumstances.”
Lowe had drawn his gun on Uwadibie, but didn’t fire as the suspect got into the police vehicle. Lowe went up to the driver’s side of the vehicle, but couldn’t use pepper spray or an electrical stun device because the window was up.
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