Police Say Suspect Killed By Mountain View Officer Came Out Of Car Shooting
DENVER (CBS4) - A man has died in the hospital following an officer-involved shooting late Sunday night.
The shooting happened at approximately 10:30 p.m. after a Mountain View police officer pursued a vehicle into Denver.
The officer was conducting a traffic stop near 44th Avenue and Yates Street and told a man to pull his car over. Police said the driver got out with a shotgun and started firing at the officer. The officer shot back and struck the suspect.
The officer, whose name hasn't been released, was not injured.
As standard protocol, the officer who was involved was placed on routine administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
Mountain View is a small community located between Denver and Wheat Ridge. According to Officer Kirk Firko with Mountain View police, it's common for their officers to leave their jurisdiction.
"Mountain View borders the City and County of Denver at Sheridan (Boulevard). It's not uncommon for a Mountain View police officer to cross that jurisdictional boarder in pursuit of a violator so to speak," Firko said.
The Denver Police Department is managing the investigation of the shooting but has yet to say anything about the case.
"Just for transparency we're going to hand off the totality of that investigation from an official standpoint to the Denver Police Department," Firko said.
The coroner hasn't released the suspect's identity.
Authorities were on scene for nearly eight hours but 44th and Yates were reopened by early Monday morning.
