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Update: Man Killed By Police After Chase In Commerce City Was From Kansas

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (CBS4) - The Adams County Coroner's office on Tuesday identified the man who was killed by police in Commerce City last month after he led them on a car chase and fired shots at a driver he crashed into. The coroner says David Heeke was 63 and a resident of Haysville, Kansas.

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An investigation into the Feb. 14 shooting continues. Police said that day that a driver in a white Ford pickup fled from officers at the scene of a reported domestic violence situation and then crashed into a car at 104th Avenue and Blackhawk Street. Officers fired their guns at the man at that location after they said he shot at a woman inside the car that he crashed into with a handgun.

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East 104th Avenue was closed for several hours afterwards.

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