Family of Olde Town shooting victim Johnny Hurley sues Arvada Police Department

This story first appeared in a Colorado Community Media newspaper. The Colorado Sun is an owner of CCM.

On the one-year anniversary of the Olde Town Arvada shooting, the estate of Johnny Hurley filed a civil lawsuit against the Arvada Police Department seeking damages for Hurley’s death.

Former Arvada police Officer Kraig Brownlow — the officer who mistook Hurley for the initial shooter and fatally shot him — and Arvada police Chief Link Strate are named in the lawsuit.

The lawsuit was filed by Hurley’s mother, Kathleen Boleyn, as a representative of Hurley’s estate.

On Nov. 8, 2021, Jefferson County District Attorney Alexis King announced the findings of a months-long investigation into the events of the shooting June 21, 2021.

The investigation found that Officer Gordon Beesley…