AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED IN FOUNTAIN LAST YEAR HAS BEEN RULED JUSTIFIED. ON SEPTEMBER 24TH POLICE RESPONDED TO AN ARMED ROBBERY ALONG FOUNTAIN MESA ROAD. THE SUSPECT WAS IDENTIFIED AS, 31-YEAR-OLD BRENDEN BURNINGHAM. WHEN OFFICERS GOT TO THE SCENE, BURNINGHAM TRIED TO RUN AWAY. OFFICIALS SAY BOTH HANDS WERE IN HIS POCKETS AND AT ONE POINT HE TURNED AROUND AND RAISED ONE OF HIS HANDS IN THE AIR. THE OFFICERS FIRED SEVERAL ROUNDS HITTING BURNINGHAM. A WEAPON WAS NOT FOUND. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE SAYS DUE TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES THE SHOOTING WAS JUSTIFIED. BURNIGHAM DID SURVIVE THE SHOOTING AND IS EXPECTED IN COURT LATER THIS YEAR.
