On March 5, 2013, Parrish Dennison was shot and killed by Albuquerque police officers Perdue, Dedler and Aragon.
Dennison was suspected of being one of three people attempting to sell a stolen banjo from the robbery of a local music store.
[citation needed] Police alleged that Dennison pointed a revolver at them before they shot him.
Dennison's mother, Charlotte Ingraham, asserted that footage from a helicopter camera showed otherwise.
Police video from after the shooting showed Dennison on the ground with a gun in his hand.