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AURORA<\/strong> | Police on Friday released body camera footage of an April 9 fatal shooting of 23-year-old Amare Garlington, who was experiencing a mental health crisis and stabbed a responding officer and a police dog.<\/p>\n

On Friday, the Aurora Police Department posted an eight-minute video with audio recordings of the 911 call and police communications, video of the police\u2019s initial response and body camera footage of the shooting from two officers. The video is narrated by Sgt. Matthew Longshore and is edited, including blurring Garlington\u2019s face for privacy.<\/p>\n

Around 3:15 p.m. on April 9, officers were called to an apartment complex in the 14000 block of East Stanford Circle after receiving a report that Garlington was threatening to harm himself with a knife, according to police. Police were also told that Garlington could be attempting suicide by cop, where a suicidal person is intentionally trying to get police to kill them.<\/p>\n

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Police, the department\u2019s Crisis Response Team and mental health clinicians arrived on scene around 3:30 p.m. and spoke with Garlington for about 20 minutes, attempting to de-escalate the situation, some of which is seen in the released body camera footage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The video shows police and clinicians asking, first over the phone and then through Garlington\u2019s window, that he put the knife down and come outside, telling him that he\u2019s not in trouble and that they want to help him and keep anyone from getting hurt.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Additional body camera videos show a group of officers, including Officer Mark Moore and his police dog, Cyrus, standing a few units down from Garlington\u2019s apartment moments before he comes outside. Garlington runs from his apartment with a knife in hand begins to run away from him. Moore releases Cyrus, who runs at Garlington. Garlington stabs the dog, which runs back toward the officers, and then Garlington runs back toward Moore.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As Garlington approaches Moore, the sound of the less-lethal launcher can be heard at least twice on the video. Garlington then stabs Moore and Moore shoots Garlington multiple times, at the same time another officer tases Garlington. Both Moore and Garlington fall to the ground and the videos end.<\/p>\n

A timeline released by police says three minutes elapsed between the end of the conversations between Garlington and the Critical Incident Response Team and the stabbing and shooting.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 18th Judicial District Critical Incident Response Team is leading the investigation into the shooting and the Aurora police is conducting a parallel administrative review.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Police said both Moore and Garlington received medical care on scene and were transported to the hospital, where Garlington died. Moore needed multiple surgeries and is still recovering. The dog also received surgery and is expected to make a full recovery.<\/p>\n

As part of the police department\u2019s reform efforts under a 2021 state-imposed consent decree, de-escalation training has been an area of focus. The consent decree stems from a state attorney general investigation that revealed \u201cpatterns and practices\u201d of officers using excessive force, especially against people of color. Since 2021, Aurora\u2019s contracted police monitor, IntegrAssure, has found that the police and fire departments have made significant reforms to reduce use of force incidents.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Following the shooting, IntegrAssure released a special report that calls for more investment in mental health services to prevent incidents from escalating to police response.<\/p>\n

Garlington\u2019s family members told 9News that they\u2019ve repeatedly tried to get him help for his mental health \u2014 he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 19 \u2014 and that he attempted suicide by cop in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Garlington\u2019s mother, Michelle Garcia, described him as kind, loving, smart and quiet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Garcia said Garlington had tried to seek help at a mental health facility the day before the shooting but was turned away. She told 9News that she doesn\u2019t understand how her son didn\u2019t qualify for a mental health hold.<\/p>\n

Garcia said she hopes the officer recovers and that mental health supports are expanded so people can access the treatment they need.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople lose their lives, officers are injured. You know, the poor canine, it\u2019s just, it\u2019s not fair for anybody. There\u2019s so many victims just because our system will not help people. It needs to change,\u201d Garcia said. \u201cSomething has got to change.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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