On August 13, 2014, 21-year-old Jacinto Trinidad Zavala was shot and killed by Greeley police after officers responded just before 3 a.m. to a 911 call from a relative who said Zavala was intoxicated and armed. Officers found Zavala pacing outside a home on the 1300 block of Fourth Street. Police say he pointed a long gun at an officer and three officers fired 14 rounds, striking him eight times; he was pronounced dead at a hospital. An autopsy later showed a blood alcohol level of .220.

Zavala’s family disputed the official account, saying he only had a BB gun and kept it pointed at the ground as he was trained to do, and that officers did not order him to drop it before shooting. Records show Zavala served in the Wyoming Army National Guard from 2011 to 2013. The Weld County District Attorney’s Office investigated and in September 2014 decided not to file criminal charges, concluding officers reasonably believed they faced an immediate lethal threat.

Did anyone in Greeley know Zavala or witness the incident who can clarify what happened that night?