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Man Shot By Police Near Ramada Hotel Dies, Police Say He Had Handgun

DENVER (CBS4) - The man who was shot by a police officer on Monday afternoon has died.

The Denver Police Department tweeted out the update on Tuesday morning.

The shooting occurred just before 4 p.m. Monday in the area of 26th Avenue and Zuni Street outside of the Ramada Denver Midtown hotel.

Police said they were investigating a stolen vehicle they spotted when they were alerted about another crime.

"Officers contacted motel staff regarding the recovered stolen vehicle when they were made aware of unrelated individuals attempting to commit a fraud using a credit card," police said in a statement.

More officers arrived and they tried to secure a Toyota RAV4 believed to be connected to the attempted credit card fraud.

"A male exited the front passenger side of the vehicle, attempted to evade officers and produced a handgun. Officers gave verbal commands in an attempt to take the suspect into custody before shots were fired," police said.

Officer-Involved Shooting
The scene from Copter4 (credit: CBS)

The suspect, identified by police as Ramone Travis Lonergan, 32, was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead after being shot by officers.

"An autopsy was completed and the cause of death was determined to be from multiple gunshot wounds," police said.

No officers were injured in the incident. It's not clear if Lonergan fired at them.

Lonergan has a lengthy arrest record, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.

According to police two officers fired their guns at Lonergan. They have been put on administrative leave during the investigation that will be assisted by detectives from the Aurora Police Department.

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