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| Shooting jolts friends of all three involved A fight in Aurora ended when a man called ?a teddy bear? shot Aaron Davis, recalled as a churchgoing family man. By Jeremy Meyer Aurora - Friends of the three people involved in a fatal parking- lot shooting over the weekend expressed disbelief Tuesday. The shooter was described by a friend as "a teddy bear," and the dead man was remembered as a loving, churchgoing father. No charges have been filed against Glenn Eichstedt, who says he shot Aaron Davis and his wife, Benita Coleman-Davis, in self-defense Saturday night. Police continue to investigate the attack, which started with a confrontation about a dinged car door. Davis, a 39-year-old postal worker, was shot twice and died at a hospital two hours later. Coleman-Davis, a 36-year-old paralegal, was in critical condition Tuesday with gunshot wounds. Investigators are waiting to interview her before filing a report with the Arapahoe County district attorney's office. Eichstedt, a 52-year-old restaurateur, is licensed to carry a concealed weapon and told police he fired after Davis hit him over the head with a metal pipe. Eichstedt's friends said he told them he was pushed to the ground by Coleman-Davis and beaten by her husband. He told them firing his gun saved his life. Eichstedt could not be reached for comment. "I believe him," said John Athanasopoulos, a partner with Eichstedt, who owns the Hoffbrau Tavern & Grill on Santa Fe Drive. "Glenn is a teddy bear. If you don't provoke him, he will never be the first to attack you. "He said, 'They started beating me.' All of a sudden he starts losing consciousness. ... He thought he had better do something." ****************************************************************** Friends and neighbors of the Davises say the couple were hard-working Jehovah's Witnesses about to celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary. They're also parents of a teenage son. ****************************************************************** "We're just totally shocked," said Sharon Hagen, who lives next to the Davises in the Sterling Hills West subdivision in East Aurora. "You wouldn't ever think something like this would happen to them. It's incredible that a door ding caused something like this." At the shopping mall where the shooting occurred, at East Mississippi Avenue and South Chambers Road, life had returned to normal Tuesday. But shop owners and employees continued to buzz about the violence and point to the parking space in front of the video store where it occurred. "It sounds to me as if it was a heat-of-the-moment-type thing that just escalated," said Buddy Watson, who works at Music Go Round, a used musical- instrument store. Shop owner Amanda Cooper said she called 911. She recalled looking out her shop window and seeing an older white man holding his head and a black man sitting on the ground. "They were looking at each other, talking," she said. "It could be really upsetting because it was black against white." Staff writer Jeremy Meyer can be reached at 303-751-2621 or [email protected] . To help the family A memorial fund has been set up for the Davis family. Send contributions to: The Aaron Davis Memorial Fund c/o FirstBank of Denver 1200 17th St., Suite 100 Denver, CO 80202 303-446-3000 | |||
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