A man is dead and a woman is on the run after a police shooting in front of a Denver middle school Monday night.
The incident, which occurred in the 900 block of South Hazel Court, began at about 10:30 p.m. Monday, when a caller notified police of two individuals near the front of a school at that address, according to a statement from Denver Police Department Chief Ron Thomas.
The school listed at the address is Kepner Beacon Middle School, according to Google Maps.
Both DPD and Denver Public Schools officers were dispatched to the location, where they made contact with and collected IDs from both individuals, a man and a woman, according to the statement.
As officers were running a warrant check, the man asked if he could leave, to which officers said no, according to the statement. But the man then slowly began backing away before turning and running while producing a weapon, which police later noted was a gun.
Officers chased the man, telling him to drop the firearm, a command that he refused while firing it at police, according to the statement. Officers then returned fire, hitting the man, who was then transported to Denver Health.
“He expired from his injuries and is currently deceased,” Thomas said in the statement.
During the chase and shooting, the woman disappeared, though police still have her identification on record, Thomas said in the statement. Nobody else was injured in the incident, though two DPD officers and one DPS officer fired their weapons.
The involved officers will be sequestered in the standard officer-involved shooting protocol, where they will be interviewed by members of DPD homicide, Colorado State Patrol and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation under the supervision of the Office of the Independent Monitor, according to the statement.
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