Glendale Officer’s Social Media Post Called ‘Insensitive...Poor Taste’; Officer Chandler Phillips Under Investigation In Fatal Shooting

CBS Denver

By Brian Maass

December 5, 2020

GLENDALE, Colo. (CBS4) – Glendale police officer Chandler Phillips, under investigation for fatally shooting a car theft suspect in October, is being criticized by the dead suspect’s mother and his own department. It surrounds a photo he recently posted on social media suggesting he was sad that he had been placed on temporary desk duty following the deadly shooting.

Phillips is one of two officers who opened fire and fatally shot John Pacheaco Jr. the evening of Oct. 31. Pacheaco was behind the wheel of a truck that had been reported stolen.

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