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John Pacheaco Jr

Case from Denver, CO dated Oct 31, 2020

Victim Details

John Pacheaco Jr

Male

Denver

CO

2020-10-31

36

John

Pacheaco Jr

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On the night of Halloween 2020, 36-year-old John Pacheaco Jr. was killed in a confrontation with police in Denver, Colorado. He was found unresponsive behind the wheel of a stolen Dodge pickup truck that was stopped in a lane of traffic on northbound Colorado Boulevard near Alameda Avenue. Glendale police officers initially responded to conduct a 'wellness check' after 10 p.m.

As officers arrived, they positioned their vehicles to block the pickup. When they tried to wake Pacheaco, the tr ...
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