CO: Cop denies suit's claim he shot Rohrbough (followup) (1/1/2002)

Josey1

Cop denies suit's claim he shot RohrboughBy John Ingold Denver Post Staff WriterSaturday, December 29, 2001 - Denver police Sgt. Daniel O'Shea, accused in court papers of shooting and killing Columbine High School student Daniel Rohrbough, vehemently denied the claims Friday in an interview with 9News reporter Ginger Delgado. "I arrived at Columbine after that boy was shot," O'Shea told 9News. "I did not kill anybody at Columbine, and I, like everyone else there, gave my best. I'm deeply hurt by these allegations." O'Shea was one of several Denver SWAT officers to respond to the April 20, 1999, rampage at Columbine. He happened to be driving in the area when the call went out for help, according to the Governor's Columbine Review Commission's report. He arrived about 10 minutes after the shooting began, according to reports. O'Shea said he shot "cover" fire with his 9mm submachine gun to protect officers and emergency workers evacuating students in the early hours of the attack, according to the commission's report. O'Shea told investigators that he exchanged fire with the gunmen about 12:30 p.m. as officers tried to evacuate wounded student Richard Castaldo. O'Shea said he saw a "muzzle flash" from a gun and fired at the library door. According to the review commission's report, gunmen Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris committed suicide about 12:08 p.m. It was possible that O'Shea and another officer may have been shooting at reflections in the school's windows, the report said. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office's report on Columbine said Rohrbough was one of the first people shot when the attack began at 11:21 a.m. According to papers filed in federal court last week, though, O'Shea broke down crying two days after the massacre and told a Jefferson County school administrator that he feared he shot an innocent student at Columbine. Rohrbough's parents have used this statement as the basis of their accusation that O'Shea shot their son. They have also alleged a cover-up in the investigation by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. O'Shea told 9News that he welcomes the independent review by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office. "I'm devastated, as is my family, by these false allegations," he told 9News. http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1002,54%7E303024,00.html

Lowrider

So, when he was crying about shooting a student he was just kidding?

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