“Callous lack of humanity”: Denver police officer fired for not giving first aid to bleeding gunshot victim who died

Dewayne Rodgers and a second officer who resigned failed to help victim while waiting for paramedics, police say

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By Elise Schmelzer | eschmelzer@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: December 2, 2021 at 6:39 p.m. | UPDATED: December 2, 2021 at 6:40 p.m.

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Elise Schmelzer

Elise Schmelzer is the public safety reporter at The Denver Post and covers police, crime and criminal justice. She previously wrote for the Casper Star-Tribune in Wyoming, the Washington Post and the Colorado Springs Gazette. She studied journalism and Spanish literature at the University of Missouri. When she's not writing, she disappears into the mountains to hike and fish.