Gordon D. Beesley

Death by Force

On a summer afternoon in Arvada, Colorado, a deeply respected police officer's life was tragically cut short in a calculated act of violence. Gordon D. Beesley, a 51-year-old male and a 19-year veteran of the Arvada Police Department, was killed on June 21, 2021. He was responding to a call about a suspicious incident in Olde Town Arvada when he was ambushed and fatally shot. Beesley, who was the school resource officer at Oberon Middle School, was working on patrol for the summer. He had no opp ...Read More

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