NORTHGLENN, Colo. — A Thornton police officer shot and killed an tried homicide suspect in Northglenn Friday night.
Officers realized {that a} suspect who was needed on a probation violation out of Denver for tried homicide was in an condo within the 300 block of Malley Drive, in accordance with the Northglenn Police Division. A lady and three younger kids have been additionally contained in the condo, the division mentioned.
Please keep away from the 300 block of Malley Drive as a consequence of police exercise. Updates to observe.
— Northglenn PD PIO (@NorthglennPDPIO) April 14, 2023
The Northglenn/Thornton SWAT Group was activated, and a reverse 911 alert was issued. Northglenn PD referred to as it a “barricade scenario” in a 5:40 p.m. tweet and requested neighbors to shelter in place.
In line with the division, photographs have been fired from throughout the condo whereas authorities have been negotiating the discharge of the youngsters. The suspect then later opened the condo’s patio door and fired a number of extra photographs, Northglenn police mentioned.
A Thornton police officer shot on the suspect, hanging him, in accordance with Northglenn PD. The suspect was taken to the hospital, the place he was pronounced useless.
The Adams County Coroner’s Workplace will launch the suspect’s identification at a later time.
The seventeenth Judicial Disrict Vital Incident Response Group (CIRT) was activated to analyze the incident.
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