Police killings
2013-2020

David Gaines

Male, White

Date of the incident: 5/19/2015

Grand Junction, Mesa, CO
N 10th St and Gunnison Ave

After a fight with his father, Gaines drove away from his house in a pickup truck containing a gun. He sped through Grand Junction, hitting a motorcycle and a car. He left his truck, carrying a gun, and forced a mother and her children out of their SUV. Authorities from several departments converged on Gaines. A Grand Junction officer fatally shot him.