Police Shoot, Kill Man Armed With Butcher Knife
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (CBS4) - Police in Commerce City shot and killed a man Friday morning who had been making threats toward his girlfriend.
An emergency call came in shortly after 9 a.m. from a woman who told authorities she had had an argument with her boyfriend, Nathan Done, the night before and that he had tried to strangle her. She said Done, 31, threatened her by saying that if she called the police he would have the police kill him.
Shortly before the distress call the woman says he left the house, located at 6976 Monaco St., with a large butcher knife.
"When the officers got here ... they started searching the area and they located him," said Lt. Chuck Saunier. "A short vehicle pursuit took place. He went back into the house and barricaded the house with officers right behind him."
At that point Saunier said officers heard a woman screaming inside the house. One officer then managed to get inside and shot and killed Done.
So far police are not releasing the name of the man.
The officer has been placed on paid administrative leave while investigators look into the case.
This is the first officer-involved shooting in Commerce City this year.
