Friends: Man Shot, Killed On CU Campus Was ‘Stand Up Guy’

By Jeff Todd
BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)– Friends of the discharged marine killed by police on the CU campus on Wednesday say they were shocked to hear the news.
“Brandon was a standup guy, always the guy that would bring smiles to people’s faces, telling jokes in the worst of situations,” said Robert Gildea.
Gildea met Brandon Simmons while on tour in Iraq. The two became friends and spent time together at Camp Pendleton. They reunited when Simmons came to Colorado a few month