Police Hunt Down Evil Cop After Brutal Shooting

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:00]This is not your neighborhood.

[00:00:09][snorts] >> Oh my god.

[00:00:12][screaming] >> This is Adam Holland, an ex cop who just shot a man in cold blood and drove off.

[00:00:25]Within minutes, what started off as a simple argument spiraled into a deadly neighborly dispute.

[00:00:30]>> You okay?

[00:00:31]>> NO, HE'S DEAD.

[00:00:32]>> HE'S GOING [screaming] TO ACT LIKE HE'S GOING.

[00:00:34]>> SO, OUT OF NOWHERE, three dudes get out of the car and they surround me and I'm like, "Oh, it's about to get real."

[00:00:42]>> What's that?

[00:00:43]>> He shot me right there.

[00:00:45]>> Now, officers are racing to figure out why he did it and make sense of a chaotic scene. But getting the truth out of a man who knows all their tricks will be no small task. How many rounds do you recall you shooting?

[00:00:57]>> If I didn't empty my magazine, it was pretty close to it. Um, I know more than six.

[00:01:02]>> Why so many shots?

[00:01:04]>> Trains to eliminate the threat.

[00:01:08]>> On the night of November 24th, 2021, Aurora police were called to a quiet residential street after multiple neighbors reported hearing gunshots and screaming.

[00:01:17]>> Hello, this is 911.

[00:01:19]>> Yes. Hi. SOMEBODY HAS BEEN SHOT.

[00:01:22]>> OKAY.

[00:01:26]MA'AM. WHAT IS THE ADDRESS OR SOMEONE WAS SHOT?

[00:01:30]>> HELLO.

[00:01:32]>> OKAY. Is that a house or a town home?

[00:01:39]>> An apartment or A TOWN HOME?

[00:01:41]>> A HOUSE. IT'S A HOUSE.

[00:01:42]>> OKAY.

[00:01:43]When officers arrived, they found 17-year-old Payton Blitzstein lying in the middle of the road with a woman performing CPR on him while a man stayed nearby with a gunshot wound to his hip, trying to help like he cared.

[00:01:55]>> He pulled a gun off me. He >> dead on the ground.

[00:02:02]>> NO, HE'S STILL BREATHING.

[00:02:04]>> KEEP GOING. KEEP GOING.

[00:02:07]>> NO, I know. It's okay. Keep going. He has a pulse. Keep going. Just hold on a second. She has a pulse.

[00:02:16]>> He has a pulse. Keep breathing, buddy.

[00:02:18]Come on. Come on, buddy. Come on.

[00:02:21]>> Keep breathing. Keep breathing.

[00:02:23]>> Keep breathing, man. Keep breathing.

[00:02:25]There you go. Keep on.

[00:02:28]>> Come on. Hey. We got to do CR.

[00:02:30]>> He's not breathing.

[00:02:32]0.

[00:02:40]>> Yeah.

[00:02:43]>> No. No. Do you compression compression?

[00:02:46]>> Payton had just turned 17 and was out with friends that night, driving through the neighborhood when they were suddenly confronted by a man who claimed they were speeding. What should have been a verbal warning turned into a deadly shooting that left Payton with nine gunshot wounds. He was rushed to the hospital but was pronounced dead at 11:11 p.m. that same night. The man who shot him was 38-year-old Adam Holand, a former Greenwood Village police officer who had resigned from the department just weeks earlier. Adam told responding officers he acted in self-defense after being surrounded and shot at first >> from him and then you can fall down to uh >> I don't care. I'm good. I'm good, man.

[00:03:24]Work on that guy. Please help him.

[00:03:26]>> They're working it, man.

[00:03:28]I need you to happy though, man.

[00:03:30]>> All right, so >> so this car has been racing through our neighborhood, man, nonstop. I've seen him during the day. I've seen him at night just racing through. And so I confronted him and I was like, "Why the are you racing?" And so this girl gets out of the driver's seat and she runs up there and she's like, "Why the are you stopping me? Why are you yelling at me?"

[00:03:54]And I'm like, "You're racing through my neighborhood." I was like, I don't care if you're like, just slow down. I don't care.

[00:04:02]>> So, out of nowhere, three dudes get out of the car and [snorts] they surround me and I'm like, "Oh, it's about to get real." And so, I mean, I'm I'm obviously trained. I used to be a cop with Greenwood Village.

[00:04:17]I just retired like a a week ago.

[00:04:22]And so, I knew was about to go down. So I had my pistol at the low ready and I was like goes down >> I'm ready. This dude pulls pulls the pistol out of nowhere and just shoots me. And so I just open fired. I just open fired with my pistol that I had on me.

[00:04:42]I have a Smith and Wesson Shield 9mm and I just I don't even know. I probably emptied my mag cuz that's what I'm trained to do, right? I just boom boom boom boom boom. And you said you had your your pistol out where he had his pistol at.

[00:04:55]>> Holy.

[00:04:56]>> I had my pistol at low ready because all three dudes jump out of this car and they're all flexing on me and I'm I pull my pistol and at low ready they didn't even see it and I just had it at low ready which I've done plenty of times on traffic stops. I just have my pistol.

[00:05:13]You never know. That's right.

[00:05:15]>> This dude comes out.

[00:05:17]>> Presents his pistol at me and I'm like, "Oh, >> I had my pistol at my side.

[00:05:23]>> Oh my god." He just raises it and shoots me. As soon as I got hit and he fires that shot, I just my rounds on him.

[00:05:30]>> Which one shot? [clears throat] >> What's that?

[00:05:32]>> One shot.

[00:05:32]>> He shot me right there.

[00:05:34]>> So he shoots me and I just Oh my god.

[00:05:37]>> Where'd everyone else go?

[00:05:38]>> Holy. They all went into this house.

[00:05:40]There was like six of them.

[00:05:42]>> All right. There was a female and at least three other males besides him that went in that house right there. I figured there was going to be some kind of confrontation cuz they were speeding.

[00:05:51]I was just, you know, chill, man. I'm cool. I just want you to slow down.

[00:05:56]>> Holy. And then Oh, wow.

[00:06:00]>> Can somebody check on my leg, please?

[00:06:02]>> I'm shot, too, by the way.

[00:06:05]>> We got another one coming for you, man.

[00:06:07]They're getting him out of here.

[00:06:08]>> It's all right. I'm good. This guy needs way more help than I do.

[00:06:12]>> I think I emptied a whole mag on him.

[00:06:14]>> And now Adam sits in front of investigators fully convinced he's walking out a free man.

[00:06:19]>> So I'd like to get you know your story.

[00:06:21]What happened? Of course that night. Of course. So >> all right, I'll start from the top when I first noticed the red I think it was a coupe. I think it was two door, possibly four-door. Um so I'm driving home from my mom's house. My sister just got in from Arizona. Went and visited her. Um, as soon as I turned on to Gun Club going south from Quincy, >> okay, >> at that new intersection, um, about 200 yd or so going southbound on Gun Club, it merges into one lane. Um, this car flying down, I see his headlights. I'm like, he's going to cut me off. Sure enough, almost hits me.

[00:06:58]>> Okay.

[00:06:59]>> Um, and as that happens, I was like, I recognize the car. I was like, "That's the car that's been speeding through our neighborhood. Night, day, doesn't matter. Kids outside playing hockey, rollerblading, whatever. Still speeds."

[00:07:11]>> Okay.

[00:07:12]>> I've asked him before, um, please stop speeding through this neighborhood.

[00:07:17]There's kids. You guys are going to hurt somebody. Okay. Okay. Okay. Um, nothing nothing more than that.

[00:07:25]>> Okay. Um, so as after he cuts me off, I see him turning left onto Shenango, which is into my neighborhood. Um, so I'm going home, I do the same thing. Um, he as he's pulling into Shenango, screeching tires. Still going fast, really fast, high rate of speed, 50 at least. Um, enough to make the tire screech when he's turning. Um, I turn, I'm going home. Um, I'm like, "Oh, they must live in here.

[00:07:55]because they're turning in here. Um the second right turn is the turn onto my street which is Addison.

[00:08:02]>> Okay.

[00:08:02]>> Um as I'm turning on to Shenango, I see him turn onto Addison quickly also hearing their tires screech. Um they stop I don't know it was probably three or four houses down on the right. They stop right in the middle of the street.

[00:08:16]Okay. Um a male driver gets out, a female passenger gets out of the front passenger side and they start walking up to the house. Um, and I drove by slowly. I stopped my car on the side close to their car and I rolled down my window. I was like, "Stop speeding through this neighborhood.

[00:08:36]There's kids." Um, I don't remember exactly what I said, but I said something like that. And I was I was a little upset. I was yelling at them also because they're far away from me, but I was told them before. Okay. And [clears throat] um, so they're we could do whatever we want. who the are you to tell me what to do? And so I was like I once they started talking to me, I realized they were pretty young. There's a good chance that they're teens.

[00:09:01]>> Um and I just thought, you know, I'm going to go talk to that parent in that house and that residence. Maybe they can talk to them before something happens. God forbid they run over a kid or something in the neighborhood.

[00:09:14]>> What Adam is trying to do here is paint himself as some concerned neighbor just looking out for everyone in the neighborhood. But what he conveniently leaves out is how he actually approached those teens.

[00:09:25]>> So, as I get out of my truck, I come around the back and as I come around the back, one of the guys that was in the car, um, they had stepped out. I think there was two males in the back. They had stepped out and they were the ones saying, "Who are you?" Blah, blah, blah.

[00:09:38]Okay. Um, walked around my truck. I immediately saw one of the males had a pistol kind of in a little ready, but he wasn't quite pointing it at me, but kind of in my direction. And I just instantly was like, "Oh." Went into cop mode because I'm a I'm an ex cop. I resigned two weeks ago just because of the whole atmosphere and my family. I just work better for my family.

[00:10:04]>> Okay.

[00:10:04]>> Um so I instantly pull the gun off of my hip and I present it at him. As soon as I do that, pow! I hear a gunshot and I saw the muzzle flash and I returned fire on the the male that had shot at me. I didn't realize I was shot yet.

[00:10:23]>> Um but I emptied my mag or I came close to it just cuz of training. Um >> that's what I was trained to do through Greenwood Village. I'm sure it's similar here. Um and I realized this kid is in serious condition now.

[00:10:39]And so I got in my truck. I live four or five houses down on the left. Got in my truck, drove home, and the reason I did that is because I have a trauma kit in my hunting gear, and I just went hunting a couple weekends ago just in case something happens, you know, I have tourniquet, all that stuff.

[00:10:56]>> Okay.

[00:10:57]>> Um, open my garage, couldn't find it, and I was like, I am wasting time. So, I sprinted back, left my truck in my driveway, sprinted back, um, immediately started doing CPR on the kid. um wasn't breathing, didn't have a pulse.

[00:11:12]>> Yeah, >> there's blood coming out of his mouth.

[00:11:13]So, I skipped the rescue breaths. I was just doing chest compressions. I heard I heard sirens in the near fist, so I knew they were getting closer.

[00:11:20]>> Okay.

[00:11:21]>> And just kept working on them the whole time. I'm like, I just shot him. I just shot him. I was like, "Come on, buddy.

[00:11:26]Come on, buddy." But at the same time, I'm worried about the house because once the shots were fired, all the kids ran into the house, and I'm worried retaliation. Do they have guns? Do they have knives? So, still working on this kid, trying to pay attention, try to pay attention. Um, a female officer arrives on scene first. Um, when she got there and I realized it was her, I uh an officer. I stopped compressions and I immediately put my hands up. I don't remember if it was on my head or what.

[00:11:53]And I said, uh, I'm a an old cop. I'm an ex cop. I was the shooter. The pistol is in my waist. And I kept my hands up until they removed the pistol. They had me sit down. They checked me. Um other officers that were arriving on scene, they said, "You all right? You all right?" I was like, "Well, my leg kind of hurts. I sprinted down here. I might have pulled something. If they look, there's blood coming out." Um paramedics take me to the hospital.

[00:12:19]>> Adam has been sitting in a hospital bed for days before this interrogation, so he's definitely had more than enough time to cook up his story and make sure it sounds clean. But what he doesn't know is that there's a video that actually captured everything that happened that night. And what it shows is completely different from the version he's sitting here trying to sell.

[00:12:37]>> Did you realize that you got shot right away or was it later when they actually looked at your leg?

[00:12:43]>> I wasn't sure, but it happened so fast and I was just my adrenaline was so high. Um I really didn't think like did I get shot or I don't know. My adrenaline was so high. Um I don't really remember if I realized I got shot. I just know that I was shot at at that point and I returned fire.

[00:13:06]>> Okay.

[00:13:06]>> Um I don't remember the exact point I realized that I had been shot. I know it was pretty sure it was after I got back and had been working on >> the the the kid.

[00:13:20]>> Yeah.

[00:13:20]>> Okay. That the kid, what can you describe what he was wearing and who he what he looked like?

[00:13:26]>> Um I know he was know he's a white kid.

[00:13:29]Um, I think he might have had a little bit longer hair. Um, I'm not sure if he was wearing a sweatuit or something, but light colored clothing of some sort.

[00:13:38]Okay. Um, um, if you can remember, well, let's go let's go back. So, uh, you pull up and somebody and you you realize there's ring video that that captures the whole thing. The whole thing is on video.

[00:13:55]>> Okay.

[00:13:55]>> Um, >> my wife said that it was up there. I didn't.

[00:13:59]>> It sounded. So, at some point, somebody says, "Love you, sweetie."

[00:14:05]>> Yes, sir. That was me. I was like, "Love you, sweetie. Say goodbye." Like, "Get out of my neighborhood." Like, >> "Let's go type" type of deal.

[00:14:12]>> Cuz you were coming up to the door and going in going in the house, correct?

[00:14:16]Was it What was that? What was that kind of comment? Was it just kind of what what was that? It was just kind of a nonchalant like love you sweetie like cuz they were at the door like kind of doing like I don't know like hug or kiss goodbye or something and I was just saying that like come on let's go get out of my neighborhood type of deal.

[00:14:34]>> Okay. Um and when you were in the car, do you remember some of the statements you were making to him or what do you remember saying to him? I remember saying I know I remember saying stop speeding or racing through my neighborhood and I don't remember exactly but it was something I know I said that but other things along those lines like there's kids that live here or something like that that I was yelling at them.

[00:15:01]>> Okay. Um, do you recall somebody saying something about owning the street or owning this this place? Like, uh, I I >> I might have said like, "This is my neighborhood."

[00:15:13]>> Okay.

[00:15:13]>> Um, but I don't I don't recall.

[00:15:17]>> Okay. Uh, do you remember saying like, "I own this neighborhood."

[00:15:22]>> I don't recall.

[00:15:23]>> Okay.

[00:15:24]>> I don't believe I would have said that, but I don't recall.

[00:15:27]>> All right. Yeah. So, and then you you how many pe when you're talking to the this people initially? How many how many kids are outside the car?

[00:15:38]>> Um there was the two that were up towards the front door of the residence and that's all I saw at first. And so when I was yelling at them to stop racing through the neighborhood, it was just those two.

[00:15:53]And so as I was I believe as I was getting out the other two came out of the back. Um >> yeah. And and so what made you what made you get out of the car?

[00:16:08]>> Um I was going to go talk to the parent or the adult at that residence and tell them these kids have been speeding through the neighborhood.

[00:16:17]They're going to kid. can you please talk to him or something because I figured the parents probably knew them since they were dropping them off. He walked her to the door or whatever.

[00:16:27]>> Okay.

[00:16:28]>> So, I was just going to go talk to the parent and say, "Look, this is pretty serious. Like, they're not just like going a little bit over. Like, they're speeding through the neighborhood.

[00:16:37]>> There's almost a kid that lives in every single one of these houses." So, I was just going to I was pretty much going to inform them to see if they could talk to the kids cuz obviously the kids weren't listening to anybody else. And after they had said, you know, you who are you? I was like, well, maybe I can talk to an adult or maybe they can like help me, I don't know, get him to stop speeding through the neighborhood.

[00:16:59]>> When they when they said that, you said they said like you, what how did that make you feel when they did that to you?

[00:17:06]>> Well, I don't know. It was I don't know. Honestly, I was just like, ah, you know, stupid kids, you know, they're disrespectful, you know, whatever. Yeah.

[00:17:18]>> Um I didn't feel threatened by any means and that's why I continued to the house.

[00:17:22]I was going to walk right by him and just be like go talk to the parent. Um and it wasn't until I I didn't feel threatened and in fear for my life until I had come almost around my truck completely on the backside by the bed. Um and that's when I saw the pistol and that's when I immediately feared for my life and relied on my training. Adam says that this was purely self-defense, but according to the Ring camera footage from that night, he wasn't calmly approaching these teens like a concerned adult trying to have a conversation. His entire approach was aggressive, confrontational, and completely wrong from the very beginning. And if watching criminals like this get exposed is your thing, don't forget to subscribe so you won't miss the next one.

[00:18:06]>> So, let's go let's go to that point.

[00:18:08]When you said you saw the kid, u can you can you can you kind of like show show me what you saw? had like you were the kid.

[00:18:16]>> Like I was the kid.

[00:18:17]>> Yeah.

[00:18:17]>> Okay. Um so the kid had his back. So let's say this is the house.

[00:18:22]>> Okay.

[00:18:22]>> And I'm about where you are. Um so I'm coming around my truck and the kid was standing I don't remember if he was standing behind the trunk of the red car um to where like his lower legs weren't showing or if he was standing behind it to where I could see them all. But when I walked around I saw the pistol here.

[00:18:43]>> Okay. Um, and that's when I immediately grabbed my pistol. Um, he fired the shot. I returned fire.

[00:18:51]>> Okay. Um, do you go ahead and sit back?

[00:18:55]>> Yeah.

[00:18:55]>> Do you recall what color that pistol was?

[00:18:58]>> It was It was dark. Um, it had like a little shine to it from the light. I don't I don't recall. Um, I don't recall exactly what color it was and I couldn't tell if it was um I don't believe it was a revolver. I believe it was a semi pistol. Yeah.

[00:19:20]>> Okay.

[00:19:22]>> Was uh anything other than being dark any was it a large pistol, small pistol?

[00:19:28]Do you remember any other details about that pistol?

[00:19:31]>> No, it all happened so fast. Um, it all happened so fast and um, as I was approaching on him and after I pulled my pistol, I didn't fire. Um, I didn't fire and I don't know why I didn't fire.

[00:19:47]Maybe because I wasn't in cop mode at the time. Um, I knew he was a kid. I was seriously like, is that seriously like a real gun, a BB gun? And at that point, I was like, it doesn't all these things are going through my head like super quick.

[00:20:00]>> Yeah. Um, and I didn't fire until I was fired at.

[00:20:06]>> Um, so what what made you approach what made you approach that kid?

[00:20:11]>> Um, after or before?

[00:20:13]>> Well, you said when you you were approaching him and you kind of >> Sure. So after >> turning, but what made you go towards that kid instead of going up to the house?

[00:20:22]>> Um, because I saw the pistol >> and I had already had my pistol drawn.

[00:20:27]So, I had taken I'm not like super quick, but I had taken a few steps towards him um to let it be known that I had a gun. I will defend myself. And that's what I was thinking. Um and then that's when everything happened, all the gunshots.

[00:20:43]>> Okay.

[00:20:45]The um the the holster. So, the pistol, how do you normally carry your pistol?

[00:20:52]>> Um so, it depends. that night. Um, I had it inside the waistband and I always tuck my shirt in between, um, the actual pistol itself and my skin. Um, especially when I'm driving cuz it runs on my u it rubs on my skin.

[00:21:08]Um, so that's how I was wearing it at the moment. And so in a in a holster or what kind of >> Yeah, it's it's a inside the waistband holster um that's specifically made for that gun. Um, and like I said, I had my shirt tucked in just because of the driving aspect.

[00:21:24]>> Um, what color holster is that?

[00:21:27]>> It's black. It's a black holster. Do >> you know who makes it?

[00:21:32]>> I don't.

[00:21:34]>> So, um, we searched your truck this morning and there's the the holster that's on the >> the uh passenger seat. So when you got out of the truck, did you you had to have your gun in your hand because it wasn't in the holster. Is that a fair assessment or >> No, it was it was on my hip. Um it was in the passenger seat. The only thing I could think of is as I was going back to my house to get the medkit.

[00:22:02]I don't know cuz I also had my phone on me and I don't know where that is. I'm hoping it's in my truck.

[00:22:07]>> Um I also had that on me. I'm not sure how the holster got in there. I do remember though when I got back and I said my gun's in my waist, I realized I didn't have my holster. Um because [snorts] I mean that's when my hands are and the officers removed it from my waistband.

[00:22:26]>> Okay.

[00:22:28]So you you come out of the truck and you you walk around.

[00:22:34]>> Sure. And then so do you do you remember drawing the pistol from your waistband or did you already have it in your hand?

[00:22:40]>> I remember drawing it once I saw the firearm that the that the kid had.

[00:22:46]>> Okay. And that was when you kind of came to the the corner of your truck.

[00:22:50]>> Sure. Yeah. About halfway like if you were to draw a halfway line on my tailgate cuz I couldn't see him until I was about there. And once I could actually see him before I had rounded the corner of my truck, uh that's where I saw it. That's when I pulled it.

[00:23:05]>> So as as I rounded the corner of my truck, my pistol was drawn.

[00:23:11]>> Okay. So, and I looked at the truck, too, and you had that big you had that big topper on it. So, and it's pretty much impossible to see through that, especially at night time.

[00:23:20]>> Correct.

[00:23:20]>> You couldn't see >> fair assessment to say you could not see anything until you rounded the corner.

[00:23:26]your your truck.

[00:23:28]>> Yeah. Until I got to the back about that halfway point, that's when I could see him.

[00:23:32]>> Okay. And then could you see him with the pistol before you rounded the truck, the end of the truck, or was it right there? Did that happen right there?

[00:23:43]>> Um, when I rounded the driver's side, I couldn't I couldn't even see them. But as I continued, I that's when I saw it.

[00:23:51]>> Okay. And you again said you the kid had the pistol kind of like similar to low ready. Um it wasn't pointed at the ground. It was more like this and so it was in my direction. Uh okay.

[00:24:04]>> That night Payton was shot nine times with bullets hitting him in the chest, abdomen, and extremities. As a trained cop, Adam should at least know how to aim right, not shooting randomly at the teen like he caught a criminal who was escaping.

[00:24:17]>> So after the shooting happened, uh I'll go back. So, right before the shooting happened, somebody says the N word. Do you remember who says that?

[00:24:27]>> Definitely wasn't me.

[00:24:28]>> Okay.

[00:24:28]>> I don't I mean, the kids were hooting and hollering at me like, "Who the are you?" Um that type of stuff. They were just yelling all kinds of stuff just like who are you like to to yell at us or whatever. And I was like, "These kids are being so disrespectful.

[00:24:44]I'm not going to talk sense into them.

[00:24:46]Maybe I can see if the parent will help me talk sense into them." Okay. The how was their body language uh while you were talking?

[00:24:55]>> Um one the driver was kind of um the driver was kind of had like a a more aggressive type body language, but the other guys back by the vehicle didn't have an aggressive as far as I remember weren't didn't have aggressive stance or anything like that.

[00:25:15]>> And they weren't they weren't animated with their hands or anything. They just kind of >> Not that I remember. Not that I remember.

[00:25:23]Okay.

[00:25:24]The And so somebody says, "Uh, now they they throw out the N word." So that's >> something in effect like, "Come on >> and let's go.

[00:25:38]>> Let's go." And then they said that.

[00:25:39]>> Yeah, that's what it was.

[00:25:41]>> But that So you're saying you didn't you're not the person who said those words?

[00:25:44]>> No. And I don't even remember hearing that part, but >> I just knew they were yelling and saying all kinds of stuff.

[00:25:51]>> Okay. Um, so >> I wouldn't even say yelling. They were just >> It was loud. They weren't like >> answer or >> Yeah. It was more of like a bantering.

[00:26:02]Yeah. I didn't feel threatened at any point at that at that time.

[00:26:05]>> Okay.

[00:26:06]>> Um, man, like I said, I was just going to go talk to the I saw the mom inside of the door.

[00:26:13]>> Okay. Okay.

[00:26:13]>> And I was going to go talk to her mom.

[00:26:14]That's how I knew a parent was there because I saw um a wouldn't say older female, but definitely a lot older than the kids blonde hair white lady.

[00:26:23]>> Okay. [snorts] >> And then >> I believe she was the one that helped me with the CPR. She was called though.

[00:26:30]Okay.

[00:26:30]>> She was. [snorts] >> So after this after the shooting happens, right, what hap what do you do next?

[00:26:40]Um I don't remember if I approached further or um I just instantly thought um well I knew at what I had done. I knew I had put a lot of rounds into him.

[00:26:55]Um and so that's when I was like I need to save this kid. And so that's I got back in my truck quickly, drove to my house and attempted to find my trauma kit, my med bag.

[00:27:06]>> Okay. What did you do with your your gun? Is that when you put it in your waistband?

[00:27:11]>> I don't remember. That must have been when I put it in my waistband. And I'm not I Yeah, I'm not I can't recall.

[00:27:21]>> Okay.

[00:27:23]>> But when I did get back, I do know it was in my waistband and the officers removed it off my waistband.

[00:27:29]>> Correct. [snorts] >> Okay.

[00:27:31]How long were you a police officer?

[00:27:33]>> Uh almost six years.

[00:27:34]>> And what uh what department? Greenwood Village.

[00:27:37]>> Okay. All right. And so in those six years, what kind of training have you received on firearms?

[00:27:46]>> Thousands of hours. Thousands of hours.

[00:27:48]Not just standing, stagnant, moving, shooting, shooting from vehicles. Um we have uh an ex special ops guy that comes in and does specific trainings with us for pistol, specific training with us for rifle. on top of all the regular monthly trainings that we have and the qualls and um thousands of hours with my pistol, thousands of hours with my patrol rifle, hundreds of hours with my 308 that I also used to carry as one of the six officers that carried a 308.

[00:28:18]>> Okay.

[00:28:18]>> So, lots of firearm training.

[00:28:21]>> Um were you part of any special assignment like a SWAT team at in Greenwood Village or were you just >> I was not. I was just part of the 308 team. Um which I was not BRT or SWAT.

[00:28:32]Um, like I said, I was just one of the six that that uh was authorized to carry the 308.

[00:28:38]>> And that's like the AR-15.

[00:28:40]>> That's a AR10 platform.

[00:28:42]>> Okay.

[00:28:42]>> So, my patrol rifle is a AR-15, the 223 just chambered in 308.

[00:28:47]>> Correct. Um, a little bit. Yeah. Bigger.

[00:28:49]Yes, sir.

[00:28:50]>> And then with with regards to other training, have you been trained on uh citizen contacts and how to deal with citizens and uh deescalation?

[00:29:00]>> Absolutely. and things like that. So, what kind of training have you gotten with that?

[00:29:05]>> Hundreds of hours. I mean, um, every single month we would have, um, pistol or firearms training. Sometimes it was pistol, sometimes it was rifle, sometimes it was both. And we would always have legal updates. Um, and we always have deescalation training. I'm um, CIT certified. I've been through that class. Um, lots lots of training on deescalation.

[00:29:32]And that's as a as a police officer, everybody I talk to on the street that's even slightly heated or upset, you have to deescalate it cuz one, you don't want it to escalate further, and two, you can't really talk to them until things are calm.

[00:29:48]>> Correct.

[00:29:49]>> Lots of training on deescalation.

[00:29:51]>> Yes.

[00:29:52]So with this and you can't it's hard to say in hindsight but um you know was there any attempts made to to kind of deescalate this kind of situation with these kids or >> I don't remember. I know every every time based on my training and my training absolutely took over. It was just muscle memory. Um I didn't think about it. It just I just did it. Um, at the pis at the range when we go, every time I pull my pistol, >> I either say, "Please drop your weapon or drop your weapon or something of that nature.

[00:30:24]>> I don't remember if I said it cuz it happens all the time, but based on my muscle memory and what I did, >> I more than likely said I can't I can't recall if I said it or not."

[00:30:35]>> Um, and I knew at that point once I saw that pistol that there was no verbal deescalation that was about to happen.

[00:30:43]um once there's a firearm present. If there was a knife, sure, maybe it's I mean completely different story. I um I didn't have time to deescalate.

[00:30:54]>> Okay. I was in fear for my life at that second and yeah, I knew I didn't have time. Okay.

[00:31:02]>> But all of this could have been avoided if Adam had simply gone home, called the cops, or done literally anything other than what he did. instead. According to him, he just wanted to say something because he was a concerned neighbor looking out for the kids on his street.

[00:31:16]>> The whole thing you could have just drove home.

[00:31:18]>> I could have. I guess um I was I wanted I want to contact not contact talk to them as many times as I can to stop speeding in the neighborhood and maybe they would get it through their heads. I don't know. Um, I didn't drive home because I was just going to say something to him, slow down, roll down my window or roll back up my window, drive home or something.

[00:31:45]>> Yeah.

[00:31:46]>> Um, I thought in my head if I do that, maybe they'll come by my house, break a window, egg my house, something like that. And so I was like, I'm going to go talk to this parent. Um, after they had said, who are you? And I was like, I'm not getting through to them. Maybe the parent will help. Okay. But I didn't drive home. One, because I want it to stop. I want them to stop speeding through the neighborhood. And two, I didn't want them to know uh where I live cuz I live right down the street.

[00:32:15]>> Yeah.

[00:32:16]>> Um Yeah, that's why. Okay.

[00:32:22]>> All right.

[00:32:23]So, your main intent was to go talk to the parent, not to not, you know, you didn't intend to escalate with these kids. You wanted to go talk to the parent.

[00:32:34]>> Absolutely. Well, and there was three males. I mean, I know God, but honestly, I can hold my own, but there's three of them. And so my plan was to walk right past them, not not say anything, go talk to the parent because I obviously wasn't getting through to them with just that little um that little time I had to talk to them while I was still in my truck.

[00:32:56]>> Okay.

[00:32:57]>> Um and I was just going to go right past them.

[00:33:00]>> Okay. Um the night of the incident, uh one of the the sergeants said that you you told him that the guys were musling up to you and you thought you were going to get beat up. Do you remember that statement?

[00:33:13]>> Yeah. So, uh I don't remember that statement. Um but the when I had said slow down, what do you after that um the male who was the passenger or I'm sorry, the driver who had dropped the passenger off at her house and walked her up was coming at me and doing that. The other the other two males were not.

[00:33:32]>> And and I thought at that point I thought don't don't say anything, you know, I don't want to start a fight or anything.

[00:33:40]just go and talk to their parent.

[00:33:43]>> Okay. The the male that did that. What um which which male was that?

[00:33:48]>> I believe it was the the driver, the >> was he white, black?

[00:33:52]>> I think it was black.

[00:33:54]>> Okay.

[00:33:54]>> He had a I don't remember if he had a hood on. I'm pretty sure he was a black male.

[00:33:58]>> Okay. Do you remember the color uh hood he had on?

[00:34:04]>> Dark clothes.

[00:34:06]I think he had like a black sweatshirt maybe of some sort or a black coat.

[00:34:12]>> I don't remember exactly. I know. I'm pretty sure it was dark colored.

[00:34:17]>> And then so he you saw him you say he kind of did this when he was coming off the porch. Yeah.

[00:34:24]>> To the car.

[00:34:24]>> Yeah.

[00:34:25]>> Did he continue to do that or >> I I don't remember cuz that at that point that's when I was like I'm going to go talk to a parent. Um and so I had gotten out of my truck. So, I don't know if he continued to do that. I don't if when I rounded the corner, I don't know if he was still doing it. Um, I just saw that pistol and just reacted.

[00:34:45]>> Okay. So, what I have I just I printed out a map, >> okay, >> of the area. And so, um, >> uh, down here, Shenango, I believe >> it's, uh, so this is the west side of the street.

[00:35:01]So, Shenango's up here. So, the cars and and see the red the little red car was right about there.

[00:35:11]I think your truck right about there.

[00:35:16]>> Yeah.

[00:35:17]>> Yeah.

[00:35:18]>> Kind of. It's not the scale obviously.

[00:35:19]>> Sure. That's That's >> Yeah, as far as I remember, that looks >> Is that correct? Can you if you remember, you know, with this with this being your truck and this being the red car, [clears throat] >> can you can you mark where this >> So if this if that's my truck, I'm headed this way.

[00:35:38]>> Yeah, you're going south.

[00:35:39]>> My house is like right here.

[00:35:41]>> Okay.

[00:35:41]>> Um mark where the kids were.

[00:35:43]>> Sure.

[00:35:43]>> Yeah. If you remember I mean and unfortunately it's the map >> and they're facing that way as well.

[00:35:48]>> Correct. Um, so what I remember is them getting out of the back and coming into this area right there. Um, they never like came up to my window that I realized. Maybe they did. I don't believe they did, but they were just right here. So, as I come out and exit my truck, once I get to here, I can I have eyes on them. And so as I round my tail light here, that's when I pulled my firearm and presented it. Does that make sense?

[00:36:21]>> Now, and you pulled that firearm because why?

[00:36:26]>> Because I had seen his fire, his pistol.

[00:36:29]>> Okay.

[00:36:30]And then him, you seeing that pistol caused you to advance on him.

[00:36:35]>> Right. I just went and once I saw that pistol, um, like I said, I didn't think it's just it was just muscle memory and I just I just did it.

[00:36:44]>> Okay. At any point did you when you were in the truck, did you point your handgun at any of these kids?

[00:36:52]>> When I was in my truck, no, >> absolutely not.

[00:36:54]>> Okay. Is it at any point in this when you were in the truck, did you take your gun and rack the slide?

[00:37:01]>> No, because I always carry one in the chamber. There's no need to rack my slide.

[00:37:04]>> Okay.

[00:37:05]There wouldn't have been any need to do it for like effect, right?

[00:37:09]>> No. And if I would have um I mean you guys searched my vehicle. If I would have done that and I carry one in the chamber, there would be a loose 9 mil Hornady self-defense round somewhere in my vehicle in the passenger seat or somewhere.

[00:37:24]>> Yeah. Okay. He didn't find one. So, all right. Now, Adam confidently thinks that because he is an ex- cop, the law definitely will not touch him. But here is where he gets it all wrong. Even as [music] an active cop, you don't just go on murdering anyone you like in the name of self-defense. And right now, he's about to understand that.

[00:37:44]>> When you came back to do CPR, how how long do you recall doing CPR on that kid?

[00:37:52]>> I mean, it felt like forever, right? But um realistically um 3 to 5 minutes or so. I don't know.

[00:38:01]>> Okay.

[00:38:02]>> It was just I mean I wasn't thinking about time obviously. I'm thinking about trying to get a pulse back on this kid.

[00:38:08]>> Um it's probably just the cop and me. I mean I I mean you guys as well if you're trying to hurt somebody. I didn't take it personal. I didn't take anything personal as a cop. And I knew that this kid needed help. Whether he had shot me or not. I knew that I needed to try and help this kid, try to save him.

[00:38:27]>> I knew he was dying.

[00:38:29]>> Okay, >> I knew he was dying and that's why I tried to go up and get my trauma kit because I figured the stuff I have in that possibly pack a wound. I have um the chest seals, I have everything in this trauma kit. Um and that's why I went up and got it because I knew that he was in very bad condition.

[00:38:46][clears throat] >> Yes.

[00:38:47]Um, did he make the kid did he make any statements or did he >> the shooter?

[00:38:53]>> Yeah. When when he when you were when you were attending to him, did he say anything or was he even conscious?

[00:38:58]>> He was not conscious, not breathing, did not have a pulse.

[00:39:01]>> Okay.

[00:39:02]>> He didn't say Yeah. I uh at that moment, unfortunately, that's when I knew he was deceased.

[00:39:10]>> Okay.

[00:39:11]>> Or had a very slim chance at survival.

[00:39:15]>> Yeah.

[00:39:17]Do you remember of the do you and I know it happened so fast, but how many rounds do you recall you shooting?

[00:39:26]>> If I didn't empty my magazine, it was pretty close to it. Um, I know more than six, possibly all 11. I don't I don't recall.

[00:39:37]>> Okay. Did you hear your shots?

[00:39:40]>> Did I hear my shots?

[00:39:41]>> Yeah.

[00:39:42]>> Yeah.

[00:39:42]>> Okay.

[00:39:44]And then of course my ear was ringing a little bit. Um [clears throat] >> with the the complaints about speeding and things with that nature. Have you made any reports to the police about it or made any complaints to like the the uh Aurora, you know, like a what's that?

[00:40:02]Access Aurora.

[00:40:03]>> Have you made any reporting anything?

[00:40:05]>> I haven't. Um, there was a bunch of like criminal mischief that was going on in my neighborhood and my neighbors came to me and because they knew I was a cop and they're like, "Is there any way you can try to get an extra patrol or something?" And I asked that and we never got it. Um on the 4th of July actually um one of my cop friends that works um for Hugo County Marshall, he was at my house and he almost got in an altercation with them because we were playing cornhole um and they kept flying by more than once. And um >> the same the same they were all the same house.

[00:40:44]>> Um >> same same car, same vehicle.

[00:40:46]>> Um >> fourth of July this year too, right?

[00:40:49]>> The 4th of July this year. Um, and I he said, "Does this happen all the time?" I was like, "Yeah." He's like, I was like, "Should I report it?" I was like, "The last time I asked for an extra patrol. I know they're busy. I mean, I know you guys have your hands full." And I was like, "The last time?" I don't know. Um, I don't even know if it's worth requesting. I don't I don't know.

[00:41:08]>> I I never did, though.

[00:41:10]>> Okay.

[00:41:10]>> To answer your question, >> who do you remember on that Fourth of July incident who was driving that that red car?

[00:41:15]>> Um, I don't know if it was exactly him.

[00:41:18]I do know it was a a younger black male.

[00:41:21]That's all that I remember. I don't I couldn't tell um cuz it was dark. I didn't really see his face. Um same profile though.

[00:41:29]>> Okay.

[00:41:30]>> Kind of at a >> And what happened during that incident?

[00:41:33]>> That was the cornhole incident.

[00:41:34]>> Yeah. So, we're um we're playing cornhole. So, right across the street.

[00:41:38]Well, it's supposed to be a little green area. Right now, it's just dirt. Um but we play um we're playing it closer to that side um on the sidewalk and right in front of my house is that and it turns onto Al Gangquin. So we're playing here on the sidewalk and they would speed around that corner. Um they did it twice. So the second time my uh my marshall buddy who's a sergeant out in Hugo um he stopped him. He stood right in the middle of the street and he was like, "If you're going to hit somebody, you're going to hit me. You're not hitting any of these kids. you need to slow down. Um that was just one of the times. Other times like I >> did anything come of that or was that just the end of >> it? They were they just kind of put their heads down um after he confronted them. They never drove by um again that night or that day. Um yeah.

[00:42:27]>> Okay.

[00:42:28]>> That's just one of the incidents. Most of the incidents, um a few of the other ones, they're just driving by with their windows down and I just yell slow down or whatever. I even have a one of those neon slow signs with the flag out in the front yard because our kids are always playing there. And like I said, we have that field in front of our house.

[00:42:46]>> Yeah.

[00:42:46]>> Our neighbor kids, two house. They're always going in and out and crossing that street. Um >> I have three kids. Two boys live right next door.

[00:42:56]>> Lots of kids. Lots of kids. Yeah. Um, on average, how many, you know, could you estimate the the amount of times you've seen them speed through the neighborhood?

[00:43:10]>> Five or six.

[00:43:12]>> Okay.

[00:43:12]>> Somewhere around there. I know it's uh less than 10, but um they ride around a handful of times.

[00:43:19]>> Okay.

[00:43:19]>> Um and that's why I figured they don't live there. They're probably just, you know, dropping her off and going somewhere. that that red car, do you is it when it's there, where is it parked at?

[00:43:29]>> Um, I've never actually seen it parked.

[00:43:31]Um, it's always driving. Um, I've never actually seen it parked, so I don't Yeah, I don't know. Okay, >> this is where it gets really interesting because Adam is yet to be confronted about the video evidence pulled from the scene that day.

[00:43:46]>> I got people in there.

[00:43:49]>> Hey, let me see.

[00:43:53]>> Don't What do you want?

[00:44:04]>> I have a camera.

[00:44:07]>> I'm calling the cops.

[00:44:14]>> Then you COULD HAVE ASKED ME A CREEPING UP to my house like that.

[00:44:44]The teens had driven by to drop off a friend before Adam pulled up behind them. He yelled using words like, "My neighborhood and I own all of this place." Like they were not allowed there. While they defended themselves, Adam stepped out and walked toward them like he was about to do something. One of the teens saw his gun and fired first before Adam shot back nine times. He never went toward the house to speak to any parent. His motive was to intimidate them because he had a gun, unaware one of them had one, too.

[00:45:10]>> Um, so so back to the truck. So, when you pulled up in the video, it shows you like you kind of pull up and you stop kind of short of the car and then you pull up kind of next to the car.

[00:45:22]>> Do you remember what what were you doing when you pulled up and you stopped kind of short of the car? If you remember the little you stopped short of the red car, >> you know, do you remember what what made you stop there? Um, just because I had a I I believe that I had a better view of where they were on the walkway up to the house. Um, I just I don't know. That's just where I stopped. I'm not quite sure. It wasn't for any reason in particular.

[00:45:52]>> Okay. And then what made you kind of go come forward almost even with the car?

[00:46:00]>> I'm not sure. Maybe it was I don't I don't know. maybe to be able to talk easier to him. I don't I don't recall. I don't know.

[00:46:09]>> Okay.

[00:46:11]The So, one of the kids says that you pointed a gun at him while you were in the cab.

[00:46:18]>> So, that's what this is, you know, this is kind of like the crux of this whole case. So, >> absolutely.

[00:46:25]>> You know, I really want to hash what happened in that cab when you were talking to him, >> um, you know, through the window.

[00:46:32]>> Sure. Um, I don't remember if my light was on or off. Um, but I'd rolled down the window and I just I yelled, "Stop speeding through our neighborhood."

[00:46:46]>> Yeah.

[00:46:46]>> And I don't I wasn't doing anything in the cab. Um, I probably had one hand on the steering wheel cuz that's how I drive.

[00:46:55]>> Okay.

[00:46:56]>> Left hand on the steering wheel.

[00:46:57]>> Yeah. And I wasn't I wasn't planning on getting out. I thought they would just, you know, say something like whatever blah blah blah and I go home. Um but they were like you we do what we want.

[00:47:10]And so that's when I decided to go up and speak with an adult.

[00:47:13]>> Okay. And earlier you said uh you keep your gun on your right hip.

[00:47:18]>> Yeah, I do.

[00:47:18]>> And do you that I How did you have it carried? Do uh concealed open carry? Um, it's inside the waistband, but it's open carry because I tuck my shirt in and so the pistol is fully visible.

[00:47:31]>> Okay. And in your truck, >> other than the very butt of it. Um, sorry, the muzzle.

[00:47:36]>> Okay. Obviously, cuz it would be in the holster.

[00:47:38]>> Correct.

[00:47:39]>> So, inside your truck, can you describe your truck? Uh, is it a bucket seats? Is it?

[00:47:46]>> Yes. So, I have two bucket seats and then in the middle I have a center console. Um, that doesn't raise up into a seat. It's just a sit center console right there.

[00:47:55]>> Okay. Do you know how tall how is it like a is it a tall center console?

[00:48:00]>> Uh it's it's raised um I would say probably similar to this just enough for like an armrest >> or to where I can lean on it. It's not high just I guess average just enough to put my arm on it.

[00:48:14]>> Okay. So definitely not a but not a not a straight not a straight seat. So >> correct.

[00:48:20]>> If somebody looking from this side, uh, you know, they'd see the center console.

[00:48:26]>> Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, because the seat sits lower than the center console. Yes, sir.

[00:48:30]>> Okay.

[00:48:32]So, at any point in time when you're sitting in the cab, did you ever pull your gun out?

[00:48:37]>> Absolutely not.

[00:48:38]>> Okay.

[00:48:38]>> And understand this is all on video, right?

[00:48:41]>> Correct. There was there was no reason for me to to pull it in the cab.

[00:48:45]>> Okay.

[00:48:46]>> Yeah. And at any point in time, did you rack, we already covered this, but did you rack the rack the handgun in your truck?

[00:48:53]>> No. Um, every time I put it in my holster, um, in the morning or whenever I put it on, I always do the the check, make sure it's there. I always have them in slide. Always, always, always.

[00:49:06]>> Okay.

[00:49:07]>> It's just it's just habit being an officer. I don't want to have a situation like this going for >> Have you ever carried a gun without a round in the chamber?

[00:49:15]>> Would that be unusual for you?

[00:49:17]>> Absolutely.

[00:49:18]>> Okay.

[00:49:19]>> Um mostly just the way I'm trained. When I was a cop, I carry one and >> I don't want to use that extra half second to have to rack it and and present it. I just want to pull it and have it ready. So that half second can mean life or death. And >> cut that half second out of there.

[00:49:38]Okay. And then um when you when you went to the your truck and or you parked your truck that way and you went in the garage at my house. Yes, sir.

[00:49:47]>> Yeah. Uh did you go anywhere else or was you where?

[00:49:51]>> So I have a I have a threec car garage.

[00:49:53]Um my third car garage doesn't open. So that garage um is actually shut and the latch is locked so you can't open it.

[00:50:01]>> Okay.

[00:50:01]>> Um I went in, turned I usually keep my hunting bag. I have a boat there. I um I usually keep my hunting bag in the boat because all my shelves are full of other hunting stuff. Um looked in there, wasn't there. Um I didn't want to search for it and keep searching. Um it could have been in any of my other hunting bags that I brought the previous weekend or two weekends ago. And that's when I I went back and I sprinted back cuz I knew he I was wasting time. one, if you wouldn't mind, could you actually like demonstrate from the time you pull up in your truck to [clears throat] getting out of the car exactly what that looked like? I know you can't really >> like while I was in my truck.

[00:50:40]>> So, you kind of started. You said you had your left hand on the steering wheel.

[00:50:43]>> Sure.

[00:50:43]>> You have a verbal exchange.

[00:50:45]>> Sure.

[00:50:45]>> With the people outside.

[00:50:47]>> What was your other hand doing?

[00:50:49]>> I think I was leaning on my center console. Okay. Um, I don't recall, but that's usually how we drive, and I would imagine that's where my other hand would be.

[00:50:59]>> As as things start kind of like escalating, you said the kids are telling you like you can't tell us what to do, something like that.

[00:51:05]>> At any point out of reflex, habit, training, and I want to put words in your mouth. Did you index your firearm with your hand? Just rest it there. Is that a possibility?

[00:51:14]>> No, cuz I didn't feel any threat at that point.

[00:51:17]>> Okay. Um, and then just curious, so you're not a police officer anymore, correct?

[00:51:23]>> Correct.

[00:51:23]>> Okay. So, >> I am still post-certified. I'm not duly sworn with any department though at the moment.

[00:51:29]>> Might seem like a silly question. Um, is why did you have a handgun on you that particular night?

[00:51:35]>> I always carry it.

[00:51:36]>> Okay.

[00:51:37]>> Um, ever since my resignation, I went directly to Rapo County Sheriff's um applied for my concealed. Um, I'd rather have it than not need it.

[00:51:45]>> Do you have a concealed carry? I do not.

[00:51:47]I do not. And that's why I was wearing it with my shirt tucked in. Um because I do not have a concealed carry.

[00:51:53]>> Okay. Okay. So, and also, you know, so it was exposed so somebody could actually see, you know, if you were walking around, somebody would see that you had a handgun.

[00:52:05]>> Oh, absolutely. And I'm always checking when I'm at Walmart or something that you know I don't want well when I was a cop. Um I didn't ever wanted anybody to see it. So I was always checking because my shirt is it is visible. Absolutely.

[00:52:18]>> Is it possible when you were having an interaction with any of these people that they could see into your car, right? Is that accurate?

[00:52:25]>> Yeah, they could see in my car. My truck sits high. Um I have a lift on it and I have the oversized tires. I mean it's not like a giant truck. Um, but it is a bigger truck and it's high. Um, so I was I was looking down at them.

[00:52:41]>> Do you think that it's possible >> level I guess when they were up on the walkway at the house?

[00:52:47]>> Is it possible that any of those people would have been able to see that gun inside of the car even though it's just sitting on your head?

[00:52:54]>> Not unless they came directly up to the window. And even that the center console sits high and I have my seat belt. I mean, there's like that much room in between my side hip and the center console. Um, I frequently scratch my gun. Look at my truck. There's some scratches right here on the side. Um, yeah, there's no way that they could have seen it. Even the only way they could have seen it is if they came up to my vehicle, stepped on the side step, and looked into my truck. That would be the only way that they could see that firearm on my head.

[00:53:29]>> And did that ever happen?

[00:53:31]>> No. Okay. So, and you said the drinks you had during the Avalanche game, one was during the second period. First period, one was during the second period. Do you remember what drinks they were?

[00:53:41]>> Uh, of course. Go ahead.

[00:53:45]>> Okay. And then you and that was at your mom's house, >> correct?

[00:53:49]>> And then uh you said your sister was in from out of town, >> correct? In February 2024, more than 2 years after Payton Blitzstein was shot and killed, Adam Holand was convicted of reckless manslaughter by a jury in Arapjo County, Colorado. Investigators revealed that Adam had been drunk at the time of the shooting with a blood alcohol level roughly twice the legal limit, and that he had emptied his entire magazine into a teenager over a speeding complaint. In April 2024, Adam Holand was sentenced to 2 years in prison and 3 years of probation. Our heart goes out to Pton Blitzstein's family who lost their 17-year-old son in a senseless act of [music] violence that never should have happened. Do you think the sentencing given to Adam was enough?

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