One note was a page long and was found taped to a wall in his apartment and the other was three pages long and found inside Troyke's wallet. They told dispatchers that Troyke earlier that day made suicidal statements over the phone and that he might try to instigate a 'suicide by cop.' They also said he owned guns.Īfter the shootings in Olde Town, officers found two notes written by Troyke that espoused hatred for police officers.

Troyke's siblings, who lived out of state, called 911 to request a check on their brother prior to the shootings. He shot Beesley near the team's unmarked office and walked through the adjacent parking lot soon after.īeesley was in the square responding to a call of a suspicious person after returning from a welfare check at Troyke's unoccupied apartment. The members of the Community, Outreach, Resource and Enforcement team were the first to call in Troyke as an active shooter the day he ambushed and killed Beesley. The officers tried to speak with him and told him they were not involved in McClain's death, but Troyke did not calm down. Investigators later found a recording of this encounter on Troyke's phone. He referenced his anger at the death of Elijah McClain in the custody of Aurora police officers. Troyke yelled at the officers - members of the department's Community, Outreach, Resource and Enforcement team - challenging their right to arrest the man and insulting them. Two weeks before he killed Beesley, Troyke screamed at Arvada police officers as they arrested a man on felony warrants, the documents show. It includes interviews with Troyke's family and details of Troyke's previous law enforcement encounters. The report, obtained by The Denver Post through a public records request, was released this week after prosecutors cleared the officer who killed Hurley of wrongdoing. (Adam County (Colo.) Sheriff's Office)Ī 1,090-page report outlining the investigation into the shooting provides more details about Troyke and the circumstances that led to the bloodshed in Olde Town Arvada. Beesley was fatally shot in ambush on June 21, 2021. An Arvada police cruiser is adorned with messages in mourning of Officer Gordon Beesley.

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