DENVER — A person was shot and wounded by a police officer in Paco Sánchez Park after ShotSpotter detected gunfire late Monday.
The pictures had been detected within the space of west thirteenth Avenue and Lowell Boulevard round 10:40 p.m. in keeping with Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas.
Responding officers positioned shell casings.
“In order that they started looking the world for suspects that will have been liable for that gunfire that led them to Paco Sánchez Park, a park that has been identified beforehand for pictures being fired within the space,” Thomas mentioned.
Officers discovered 4 males who had been within the park and requested them to cease.
“They started to flee. At the least one in all them dropped a handgun. One other one produced a handgun, inflicting one of many officers to grow to be in worry. That officer fired quite a lot of pictures, placing that particular person,” Thomas mentioned.
The wounded man was taken to Denver Well being Medical the place he was listed in steady circumstances.
Officers arrested the suspect who they are saying dropped the gun.
Police had been trying to find the 2 different males who fled the scene.
“We do not know if they’re armed as effectively, so we’ve issued a shelter-in-place whereas we proceed to seek for these people,” Thomas mentioned.
The Denver Police Murder Unit, Colorado State Patrol and Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will examine the officer’s actions.
“The outcomes of that investigation might be monitored by the Workplace of the impartial monitor, and the outcomes might be introduced to the Denver District Legal professional for his or her evaluation,” Thomas mentioned.
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