Officers Shoot, Kill Armed Man: 'He Would Not Give Himself Up'
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (CBS4) - Police shot and killed a man early Monday morning night who they say was armed and threatening officers.
The incident started on Sunday at 10 p.m. at a home on Magnolia Street near the intersection with East 59th Avenue.
Authorities said an emergency call came in that a man with a gun had threatened a woman.
Neighbors say they could hear the couple arguing and it spilled outside of the home.
Maria lives across the street and could hear the couple yelling at each other.
"It was mainly her yelling; demanding her cellphone back and at that time the police arrived," she said.
When police arrived, they said they found the male suspect in the doorway of the home with a gun. After more than two hours of trying to get the man to put the gun down and surrender to police, the man threatened officers. After that, officers fired at the suspect and killed him.
Another neighbor, who wants to remain anonymous, says she saw the entire thing from inside her house. She says the couple lived at the home together at one point, kept to themselves, but it appeared the man was in the process of moving out.
"He was outside," said the anonymous neighbor. "He would not give himself up, they (police) yelled to drop the gun but he (suspect) kept saying, 'What's it going to take for you guys to shoot me?'"
That is when the neighbor says she saw the suspect swinging the gun around and shot it.
"The police shot back," she said.
Commerce City police say they brought a negotiator out to the house to have the suspect put his gun down and surrender, but it ended deadly.
An investigation into the shooting is underway. Police have not released the name of the suspect.
Jennifer Brice is a reporter with CBS4 focusing on crime and courts. Follow her on Facebook or on Twitter @CBS4Jenn.
