Colorado handyman says he forgives officer who mistook him for burglar, shot at him

Colo. handyman forgives officer who fired at him

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A Colorado handyman who was mistaken for a burglar and nearly shot by a police officer says he forgives the officer but thinks the situation went “a little overboard.”

Kevin Rogers says he and a colleague were changing the door locks Wednesday at a woman’s house in Colorado Springs when police officers arrived on a report of a burglary in progress.

Rogers says he was in the woman’s garage getting pliers when an officer ordered him to put up his hands. Rogers says that at almost the same time he put his hands up, the officer fired a shot but missed him.

Colorado Springs police say they can’t comment on the case because the district attorney’s office is investigating.

The woman who hired Rogers was not home at the time.

Information from: The Gazette, www.gazette.com