Lakewood mourns death of police officer after shootout on RTD bus – Denver Gazette

Lakewood mourns death of police officer after shootout on RTD bus  Denver Gazette

Lakewood agent Nic Graham was identified as the officer killed in an RTD bus shootout. Fellow officers, residents and law enforcement agencies across Colorado gathered to honor his service and support the wounded. Rows of police motorcycles and dozens of patrol vehicles with red and blue lights flashing stretched outside Denver Health Medical Center late Thursday night, when officers from departments across the Denver metro area stood shoulder to shoulder, waiting to honor one of their own. Hours earlier, a shootout aboard an RTD bus had left one Lakewood police agent dead, three other agents wounded and a bystander injured. The suspect was also killed. Officials did not release the suspect’s name Friday.

For the officers gathered outside the hospital, the loss was personal, even for those who had never met the fallen agent. It reminded them of the dangers they share, the colleagues they consider family, and the possibility that any one of them could be the next to receive that kind of farewell. Lakewood Police Department calls its officers “agents.” The person killed in the altercation was identified on Friday as Nick Graham, 33, an officer in Lakewood’s major crimes unit. Graham joined the department in 2019 and was credited with helping solve more than 300 cases during his time with the agency. On Thursday, as the fallen