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Bruce A. Graham

United States · Aged 67 · Died 10/19/2000
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Officer Daniel Sperry shot Bruce A. Graham four times after Graham lit a fire in a parking lot adjacent to the Cripple Creek police building. Sperry spotted Graham spraying a liquid that smelled like gasoline toward the ground and toward the rear of some police cruisers. A day earlier, Cripple Creek police had arrested Graham for driving under the influence of alcohol.

Alleged responsible partyCripple Creek Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.

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