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Richard Ward, 32, was fatally shot on February 22, 2022, by Pueblo County deputy Charles McWhorter during an incident in Liberty Point International Middle School in Pueblo West, Colorado. Ward was questioned by the police after being observed attempting to enter a car that was not his in the middle school's parking lot.
- What Happened to Richard Ward?
- What Happened After The Shooting?
- What Did The Deputies Say?
- Was There An Investigation?
- What Does The Family Say?
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Ward was with his mother and her boyfriend in her white SUV waiting to pick up his younger brother in a line of cars parked at Liberty Point International Middle School in Pueblo West, Colorado. While waiting for school to get out, Ward stepped out of the car for a "brief walk," the complaint said. He returned a few minutes later and accidentally g...
Ward's mother and her boyfriend can be heard screaming after the shooting. "What happened?" Ward's mother shouts. "Oh my god, no, no." She later asks: "Can you guys do CPR?" Ward "survived for some time" after McWhorter shot him, "writhing in pain and shock," but neither deputy provided first aid or took a pulse, the complaint said. "Instead, they ...
Three days after the incident, Gonzalez told investigators Ward was "putting up a fight," "not complying with verbal orders" and grabbed at McWhorter’s gun belt, according to the district attorney’s office. She said she thought Ward was going to hurt her or McWhorter. McWhorter, who was interviewed more than a week after the incident, told investig...
The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office, Colorado State Patrol, Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Pueblo Police Department and 10th Judicial District Attorney’s Office investigated the incident. District Attorney Jeff Chostner reviewed the findings and determinedthe deputies' actions were reasonable and "justified" because they believed their lives or t...
Ward's family says he was unarmed and presented no danger to McWhorter, his partner, or anyone else. "The killing of an unarmed man, in broad daylight right in front of his mother, is yet another senseless killing by aggressive law enforcement officers poorly trained to handle even the most routine police tasks without resorting to dangerous and ev...
The lawsuit comes months after another high-profile police killing in Colorado. Last summer, Clear Creek County deputies fatally shot a man who called for roadside assistance. A grand jury indicted two officersin the case late last year. Nationwide, police fatally shoot more than 1,000 peopleevery year, including a disproportionate number of Black ...
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- Criminal Justice Reporter
Feb 25, 2023 · Richard Ward is pulled out of his mother’s car before being shot to death by Colorado sheriff’s office deputy Charles McWhorter in February 2022.
- Ramon Antonio Vargas
Feb 21, 2023 · A Pueblo County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed an unarmed man outside of a middle school last year after contacting the man because he accidentally got into the wrong car in the school’s...
Feb 23, 2023 · A Pueblo County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed an unarmed man outside of a middle school last year after contacting the man because he accidentally got into the wrong car in the...
Feb 26, 2023 · Pueblo County Sheriff's Deputy Charles McWhorter received a Purple Heart award just days before the family of Richard Ward — who McWhorter shot and killed — sued him for wrongful death.
Feb 25, 2023 · The family of Ward, who was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy outside a Colorado middle school at pickup time, alleges in a wrongful death lawsuit that deputies unnecessarily escalated a...
