The report added that Acevedo said he would “never do that” and that he was moving forward.Īcevedo allegedly denied making the threatening statements numerous times during the conversation with the LPD officer and denied “wishing to hurt his wife” numerous times as well. The officer reported that police told Acevedo not to say threatening things while under a protection order, to which Acevedo said he understood.Īcevedo admitted that at one point he “thought of doing that,” but he was “going through some stuff” and had spoken with a doctor about getting medication. The report included that the protection order the officer found listed “typical conditions” of not harassing or threatening the protected party as part of the order. The LPD said in an email that the officer reported Acevedo “emphatically denied making any threats to anyone and denied that he threatened to kill his wife or himself.” The report says that the officer explained that the statements Acevedo made were very concerning, but Acevedo denied that he had said them, adding he just said he wasn’t going to be around because of his new job. He said that while he had run out of money to pay for an attorney, he did not intend on harming her. The officer wrote in the report that Acevedo, after being told that said officer was investigating a threatening statement he had allegedly made, appeared “in good spirits” during the subsequent conversation.Īcevedo reportedly told the officer that he would not do that, adding he just got a job making $150,000 so “why would I do that?” When asked if there was anything going on between Acevedo and his “wife,” Acevedo responded by saying she had falsely accused him of something he did not do, according to the report.

In a followup email to the Reporter-Herald, the department said the officer went to “extraordinary lengths” to contact Acevedo and investigate the report.Īccording to that followup email, upon running Acevedo through a criminal history check, the officer also observed an active protection order against Acevedo, protecting his former wife with the same last name issued by Denver County Courts. Yankovich told the Reporter-Herald that, while shopping at a supply store in Loveland, Acevedo approached him and said that he was planning on killing himself and his wife, leading Yankovich to eventually get in touch with authorities.Īccording to the supplemental report released Friday, an officer spoke with Yankovich about what he experienced and began tracking down Acevedo’s phone number. The department’s list of background information reported that on July 26, LPD received a call from a concerned citizen who alleged Acevedo made a statement to him about “killing his wife.” This was investigated, the LPD said, but the department “did not have probable cause for any criminal violations.” On Thursday, Loveland resident Chandler Yankovich spoke to the Reporter-Herald, believing he was the person who made that report police confirmed in the release of the report Friday that he was, indeed, the person mentioned in the original release. A Friday email from the department said that there has since been “confusion” regarding the call that was made to the department prior to the incident.

The report first came to light on Wednesday when the department released a timeline and background information surrounding the shooting at a home in the 300 block of Pavo Court on July 28. The officer concluded in the report that they did not believe there was probable cause for a protection order violation “as (Acevedo) never contacted his wife or specifically threatened her,” and also mentioned Acevedo’s positive attitude during the conversation.įollowing the release of the report Friday, police in an email described the “extraordinary lengths” the officer went through to contact Acevedo and the investigation that led to the officer’s conclusion of no criminal action.Īnd, in an email, the department said: “The Loveland Police Department thoroughly investigated the threat called in by Yankovich who stated Acevedo made threats to kill his wife, then himself.” “I did not believe at the time that (Acevedo) was planning on making any substantial step toward harming his wife or others,” the officer wrote at the end of the report, which was released to the Reporter-Herald on Friday upon request. Two days later, according to investigators, 41-year-old Lindsay Daum and 16-year-old Meadow Sinner were shot to death and Acevedo, the suspect in the shooting, was found dead in Erie with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. after a citizen reported July 26 that the man said he planned to kill his wife, but the officer did not think he was a threat based on his demeanor and answers during the conversation, according to a report released on Friday. A Loveland police officer spoke with 49-year-old Javier Acevedo Jr.

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