CENTENNIAL, Colorado — An Arapahoe County deputy performed infant CPR for more than five minutes while a baby's father gave rescue breaths after the 1-month-old stopped breathing at a hotel, according to the sheriff's office account and body-camera footage published by Denver7.
Watch Deputy Abrams' infant CPR response
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Viewer discretion: The video documents emergency lifesaving care involving an infant and may be difficult to watch. Source: Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office bodycam, streamed from Denver7's publisher CDN. Use Denver7's July 28 report if the embedded player does not load.
Deputy started CPR immediately
Deputies responded June 30 to a 911 call at a hotel in the 9700 block of East Geddes Avenue in Centennial, Denver7 reported. The released bodycam shows Deputy Abrams moving quickly into the room and beginning infant CPR.
The sheriff's office said Abrams continued compressions for more than five minutes as the baby's father delivered rescue breaths. The combined lifesaving effort continued until paramedics arrived, and officials said the baby's pulse was restored.
ThinBlueNews is using only the baby's first name because he is a minor and is not publishing a close image of him. The footage is presented for its public-safety value and the documented response, not for graphic detail.
Baby Kai is home with his family
The baby, identified publicly as Kai, was taken to a hospital. Deputies said he is now home with his parents in Vancouver, British Columbia. The family had been traveling through the Denver area on its way home when the medical emergency occurred.
The sheriff's office publicly thanked Abrams, South Metro Fire Rescue, dispatchers and the other deputies who assisted, saying their calm response and teamwork gave Kai “a second chance.”
Officials did not publicly disclose what caused the baby to stop breathing or how long he remained hospitalized. This report does not speculate about either question.
A lifesaving chain of response
The documented outcome reflects a full emergency-response chain: the 911 call, dispatch, immediate aid by the father and deputy, the arrival of fire-rescue personnel and hospital care. In the minutes before paramedics reached the room, Abrams' sustained CPR and the father's rescue breathing helped keep that chain moving.
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Sources, video and visual attribution
- Denver7: “WATCH: Arapahoe County deputy credited with helping save 1-month-old baby,” published July 28 and updated July 29, 2026. The local report carries the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office bodycam, the department's public account and its statement of thanks; it supplies the date, location, duration of CPR, father's role, restored pulse and recovery update used here.
- Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office public X account, identified by Denver7 as the source of the agency statement and released footage.
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