Colorado mourns deadly shooting of Lakewood Police agent

Lakewood Police Agent Nicholas Allen Graham, 33, was killed and three others wounded Thursday evening when a suspect opened fire near an RTD bus at Colfax Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard in Lakewood, Colorado. Officers responding to a suspicious person report shot and killed the suspect, who was linked to an earlier hit-and-run, according to police. LAKEWOOD — The agent killed in Thursday’s shooting was identified Friday as Nicholas Allen Graham, 33, a member of the department’s major crimes team who joined the force in January 2019, Lakewood Police Chief Philip Smith said. According to 9News, Garcia had been released on parole Sept. 23 and was listed as an absconder two days later for failing to report to his parole officer. Graham served in patrol before moving to the investigations division, where he handled more than 300 cases, according to Smith.

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