Colo. Police Officer Found Not Guilty In Fatal Shooting, BodyCam Released

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Fort Lupton, Colorado — Newly released body camera footage shows Officer Zachary Helbig shooting a man after he was called on a report of a disturbance in the 600 block of 14th Street in Fort Lupton. The Fort Lupton police officer who was charged for the fatal shooting of Shawn Joseph Billinger, 46, has been found not guilty. The jury delivered the verdict Friday evening in Greeley. According to the indictment, Billinger started walking quickly toward Helbig as he was yelling “kill me”. But Billinger had nothing in his hands at the time. Billinger was shot once in the chest by Helbig. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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