Kilyn Lewis, a 37-year-old Black man, was shot by an Aurora police officer after an attempted arrest on May 23, 2024. The arrest attempt followed an investigation into a May 5 Denver shooting that wounded a legally blind 63-year-old man; investigators had linked a red Chevrolet Monte Carlo allegedly driven by Lewis to that earlier incident and a judge issued a warrant charging him with attempted first-degree murder.

Body camera footage shows officers ordering Lewis to get on the ground in an Aurora apartment complex parking lot as SWAT members moved in. Lewis backed away, reached behind his back, then raised his hands holding a dark object. Officer Michael Dieck fired one shot, striking Lewis in the abdomen; the object proved to be a cell phone. Lewis was taken to a hospital and died two days later. No weapon was found on him or in his vehicle.

Prosecutors and a grand jury declined to file criminal charges, and an internal Aurora Police Department review found Dieck did not violate policy; Dieck was later removed from SWAT during policy changes. Lewis’s family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city and Officer Dieck, arguing the force was unreasonable and that officers had conflicting commands and knew he was unarmed after days of surveillance. Does anyone have information about Lewis’s movements between the May 5 shooting and his arrest on May 23?