Colorado state troopers: home invasion and murder
"...Olson said he was upstairs at the three-level duplex when he heard a pounding or kicking on the door.
“They said they were police officers, open the door, with a few expletives in there,” Olson said.
Kemp went to the doorway, engaged the officers in a verbal back-and-forth, yelling out, “Get a search warrant,” among other demands, Olson said.
Olson described Kemp as engaged in something of a “tug of war” with a trooper or troopers, with the door cracking open slightly before shutting again. Olson said he ran down the stairs, grabbed his friend and said, “You’re just making it worse,” and urged him to let the officers in.
Olson said Kemp responded, “No, they don’t have a warrant.”
A liquid, suspected to be pepper spray, was shot through the slightly opened doorway, hitting Kemp in the face and partially spraying Olson, according to Olson’s account.
“It (the struggle at doorway) just kind of stopped for about 20 seconds after that,” Olson said.
Olson claimed he used the opportunity to run downstairs, where he aimed to exit the back door, when he heard a single gunshot. Turning to look, Olson claims he watched his friend collapse onto a chair and then the floor.
“He was blinded (by pepper spray) by the time he was shot,” he said. “I guarantee it.”
Trooper Nate Reid, a spokesman for the State Patrol in Denver, said Thursday the State Patrol had no comment on Olson’s claims..."