In 2018, Holmes told Westword that the excerpt showed Morris completely losing control as her son lay dying: "All of his blood is flowing out - he's bleeding out right there on camera - and the officer is still pointing his gun at him and screaming at him to drop his knife." She believes that they unnecessarily escalated a situation that could have been resolved peacefully and was upset that officials refused to release ancillary video edited out of the official body-camera footage that she felt proved her point. Jeremy had been holding a knife at the time, and Morris opened fire after the teen began moving in his direction.Ĭourtesy of Susan Holmes According to Holmes, Morris and his fellow officers knew that Jeremy was in the midst of a mental health crisis at the time of the shooting. What makes Holmes's situation even more dystopian is that her prosecution flows directly from actions motivated by an enormous personal tragedy: the fatal shooting of her nineteen-year-old son, Jeremy Holmes, by CSU Police Corporal Phil Morris near the university's campus in July 2017. She'll reportedly return to court on Friday, April 29, for a status hearing on another two counts related to alleged tampering with a jury (they're also felonies) the day after a couple of additional misdemeanor cases are slated for disposition. The Fort Collins woman is scheduled to be sentenced for these felonies on June 1 her punishment could range from probation to six years in prison, with a possible fine of between $2,000 and $500,000. But she's expected to face a lot more legal jeopardy between now and then. On April 22, Susan Holmes was found guilty of perjury and attempting to influence a public servant while violating Colorado's red flag law, which creates a process by which family members and law enforcement officials can temporarily restrict access to firearms for individuals deemed a threat to themselves or others.