Man Arrested in Denver-Area Shooting and Taken to Hospital Along With Female Victim, Police Say

Published on September 13, 2024

BROOMFIELD, Colo.—A suspect in a shooting at an apartment complex near Denver was taken into custody Thursday and transported to a hospital along with a female victim after a four-hour standoff during which gunfire hit cars, other buildings and apartment units, police said. After officers negotiated with the suspect for 3 1/2 hours, they forced their way into the apartment at the Arista Flats complex in Broomfield where he was holding a woman hostage and arrested him, said Rachel Haslett, a spokeswoman for the Broomfield police department. Haslett said an officer fired his weapon inside the apartment, but she didn’t say whether it struck anyone....

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