Olde Town shooting

On June 21, 2021, a mass shooting occurred in Olde Town neighborhood in Arvada, Colorado, United States. 59-year-old Ronald Troyke shot and killed a police officer and a civilian before being killed by responding authorities. Troyke targeted the officer due to his hatred of police.

Shooting
At 1:30 P.M., several calls to 9-1-1 flooded, stating there was a shooting going on and an officer has been hit. 59-year-old Ronald Troyke had ambushed and killed 51-year-old veteran officer Gordon D. Beesley. Another civilian who was armed intervened in the shooting but was killed as well. Michelle Engelbrecht, a nearby witness, stated that she and a crowd heard four gunshots and then ran inside of Hunter Bay Coffee, where manager Veronica Carlson and other employees ushered everyone away from the windows and tried to get them into the basement. Responding officers quickly located and killed Troyke.

Victims
In total, there were two killed, both men and both armed:


 * John Hurley, 40
 * Gordon D. Beesley, 51