The Colorado Court of Appeals has stayed a judge’s order to disclose blurred body-worn camera footage of Lakewood police officers shooting and killing a 17-year-old robbery suspect, pending the outcome of an appeal by the city.

Scripps News sued Lakewood in January for withholding the video from reporter Lori Jane Gliha, despite mandatory-release deadlines in Colorado’s Law Enforcement Integrity Act. Jefferson County District Court Judge Chantel Contiguglia on May 24 found that “a plain reading of the law” requires release of the footage, rejecting the city’s claim that the Colorado Children’s Code protects the deceased teen’s privacy.

But after Lakewood appealed the ruling in August, it argued that “releasing protected privacy content is a bell that cannot be unrung” and that disclosure of the video would “irreparably harm” the city and the rights of the minor.