Police killings
2013-2020

Tyler Wayne Kracht

Male, Unknown race

Date of the incident: 5/3/2020

Hillrose, Morgan, CO
I-76BUS

An officer attempted to pull over a vehicle near Highway 6 and Atwood at 5:45 p.m. after recognizing the driver as the suspect in a shooting. The officer was en route to work when he spotted Tyler Wayne Kracht. In the shooting incident, a man shot a handgun into the side of an occupied vehicle; none of the three people inside were injured. When the officer attempted to make the stop, the suspect fled. The chase ended in a crash at 6:08 p.m. when officers with the SPD and Logan County Sheriff's Office conducted a high risk stop. During the stop, Officer Austin Molcyk shot and killed Kracht.