Crime & Safety
Officers Shoot Man In Arvada After Armed Carjacking: Police
A man was shot to death after he opened fire at officers on Garland Drive, police said.
ARVADA, CO — Officers were involved in a fatal shooting Wednesday in Arvada, police said.
A man threatened a woman around 8:35 a.m. with a long-barreled shotgun in the Target parking lot, at 78th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard, according to the Arvada Police Department.
The man then took her phone and her vehicle, a black GMC Yukon, police said.
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The suspect drove off and struck a fire hydrant in the 8100 block of Garland Drive, and then fired a shot at officers, according to police.
The officers returned fire and struck the man, and he was pronounced dead soon after, police said.
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No officers were injured in the shooting, authorities said.
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A Jefferson County response team was investigating.
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