10/24/2025
The body worn camera video released by APD shows the unknown officer pull out his gun and point it at Belt-Stubblefield while he is approaching him in his damaged vehicle. Belt-Stubblefield eventually opens the door. He then exits his vehicle with one hand tucked behind his back. Officers say he was concealing a gun. The officer grabs Belt-Stubblefield and the two begin to wrestle. Eventually the officer regains his footing and Belt-Stubblefield is seen with nothing in his hands. That’s when Belt-Stubblefield begins to walk toward the officer. The officer — still holding Stubblefield at gunpoint — pushes him. Stubblefield tells his son several times to get something and points to the ground. At one point Belt-Stubblefield turns around and the officer strikes him on the side of the head. Stubblefield continues to move toward the retreating officer down until the officer shoots him twice in the chest and once in the head.
There’s no justification for three shots to an unarmed man who has been struck in the back of the head using lethal force.
Contact Mayor Mike Coffman office at 303-739-7015 and demand that DA upholds justice for Belt-Stubblefield.