The family of a man who was shot and killed by a Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputy while celebrating his birthday at a Highland Ranch arcade bar has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
The estate of Jalin Seabron filed the suit in Douglas County Court Monday against Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and Deputy Nicholas Moore.
“Today is an important step, but it's not the first step,” Tyrone Glover, the family’s attorney, said at a press conference in front of the Douglas County Justice Center on Tuesday. “As you've heard from this family, they have been fighting for justice for their loved one, for Jalin, from day one. And they have not given up.”
The civil suit was filed just four days before what would’ve been Seabron’s 24th birthday and six days before the one-year mark of the shooting.
“Jaylen was still growing. He was still dreaming and still becoming the man he was meant to be,” said his mother, Veronica Seabron. “This year, this week, Friday he would be 24. He would've been a proud father for the first time. And instead, I'm a mother forced to speak about her child in past tense.”
On Feb. 8, 2025, Seabron was celebrating his birthday at the Main Event in Highlands Ranch when shots were fired in the women’s restroom. Body-worn camera and security footage show Moore arriving on the scene to find Seabron outside of his vehicle, wielding a gun and pointing in the direction of the facility. Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputy Nicholas Moore commanded Seabron to drop the gun as Seabron was getting into his vehicle. Then, Moore fired off nine rounds, striking Seabron seven times in the back.
Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies later discovered that Seabron was not the active shooter. Nevaeha Crowley-Sanders, 23, Seabron’s half-sister, was in a fight that led to the shooting in the women’s restroom. One person was injured during the altercation. She was later arrested.
Seabron’s family has maintained that he was protecting his family at the time of his death. The Douglas County District Attorney’s Office found that Moore didn’t break Colorado law in shooting and killing Seabron following an investigation. But Glover said the shooting was excessive and was a violation of the state constitution. He alleged that Moore didn’t give Seabron an opportunity to comply.
“Even though it was aired over the dispatch that it was a female shooter,” Glover said. “(Moore) just showed up and within seconds — within seconds — fired those nine shots into Jalen, who had even barely, if at all, acknowledged the officer's presence.”
“So, I think all of those things, the totality of those things put together, are going to show that ultimately this was an excessive use of police force,” Glover said.
No court date has been set for the lawsuit. The family believes that it will go to trial. Glover said the damages will not be determined unless it gets to that stage.
“Shooting somebody in the back is not justifiable. You cannot justify a cowardly act,” Veronica Seabron said as she held Jalin, Jr., Seabron’s son, in her arms. “Jalin should be here for this next generation. But we will fight to make sure that his legacy lives on and that his son will continue to know the protector, the lover, that Jalin DeAngelo Seabron is.”
