Homicide suspect in custody after crash in Wheat Ridge ended police chase
Wheat Ridge Police Department
A police chase involving a homicide suspect ended in a crash that closed the Kipling Street exit at I-70 Tuesday afternoon.
Wheat Ridge and Northglenn police located a homicide suspect in the area of 50th Avenue and Kipling Street around 1:55 p.m. Tuesday, according to Wheat Ridge Police Department Detective David Snelling.
Officers attempted a traffic stop, but the vehicle continued south on Kipling Street then crashed while trying to drive between two cars stopped at a traffic light, Snelling said. There were no injuries.
The suspect, an adult male, was taken into custody on a warrant and two other juvenile males were taken into custody for possible charges related to the pursuit and crash, according to Snelling.
Police have not released the suspect’s identity.
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