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Lawyer: Denver guard in fatal shooting acted in self-defense

by Colleen Slevin & Lindsay Whitehurst
| October 13, 2020 8:03 AM

DENVER (AP) — An armed security guard hired to protect a television news crew at a weekend protest shot and killed a protester after he reached into his shirt, causing the guard to fear for his safety, according to a lawyer representing the guard’s family.

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