Officer Gordon D. Beesley, age 51

Lost to gun violence on June 21, 2021 in Arvada, Colorado.

Photo sources:

• Flipcause: Donations for Officer Beesleys Family
• Spotlight: Cop asks concerned mom to be her disabled sons police escort to school
• Colorado Springs Gazette: Slain Arvada policeman Gordon Beesley was calm presence on chaotic Denver music scene
• Jun 23: Ronald Troyke, Arvada Police Shooting Suspect, 'Ambushed' Officer Gordon Beesley

News sources:

• Jun 27: The Colorado Sun: Littwin: The tragedy in Arvada — the death of both the cop and the good Samaritan — is even worse than we imagined
• KOAA: Good Samaritan who died in Arvada shooting was shot by police, according to sources
• Identities released in deadly Arvada shooting that killed officer, ‘Samaritan’
• FOX31 Denver: ‘He is a true hero’: Arvada police chief praises Samaritan killed in Olde Town shooting
• FOX31 Denver: ‘I’m just gutted’; Memorial grows for fallen officer outside Arvada PD
• YouTube: BeesleyandMicahCH9
• FOX31 Denver: Here’s what we know about Arvada Officer Gordon Beesley, killed in shooting
• KMGH: How you can help Officer Gordon Beesley's family
• Jun 22: 3 Dead In Olde Town Arvada Shooting, Including Arvada Police Officer Gordon Beesley, 1 Civilian, 1 Suspect
• Jun 21: UPI: Suspect, police officer and 'Samaritan' killed in Colorado shooting
• FOX31 Denver: Identities released in deadly Arvada shooting that killed officer, ‘Samaritan’
• KMGH: Arvada police officer, 2 others killed in Olde Town Arvada shooting early Monday afternoon
• Jun 21: 3 Dead In Olde Town Arvada Shooting, Including Arvada Police Officer Gordon Beesley, 1 Civilian, 1 Suspect
• Jun 21: The Denver Post: 3 killed, including veteran police officer and suspect, in Olde Town Arvada shooting
• Gun Violence Archive

Also killed was:

• John M. "Johnny" Hurley, age 40

Other nearby fatal shootings:

• Arvada, CO - September 11, 2022
• Arvada, CO - August 17, 2021
• Arvada, CO - July 11, 2020
• Arvada, CO - June 27, 2020
• Arvada, CO - June 17, 2016