ARVADA, Colo. — A man who police say stole a woman’s SUV at gunpoint and led them on a chase was wounded in a shootout late Wednesday.
Officers were called to the area of West 64th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard on a report of a person threatening someone with a gun and a knife, police said.
“As the officers were leaving that case, they heard this gunshot saw the woman limping away from the black SUV and then pursued the vehicle and contacted the woman at the same time,” said Detective Dave Snelling, a police spokesman.
She told police a man approached her Chevrolet Suburban fired a gun into the window and she escaped.
She was not wounded.
Officers pursued the reportedly stolen SUV west on West 64th Avenue to Benton Street and then back to Sheridan Boulevard where the suspect turned southbound on Sheridan.
Officers tried to use their vehicles to end the chase in the 5900 block of Sheridan.
“Shots were fired from the vehicle towards police officers at some point in that that contact. When everything stopped, officers fired shots at the suspect. The suspect was struck,” Snelling said.
The suspect was transported to the hospital. His condition was unknown.
The Jefferson County Critical Incident Response team will be investigating how many officers fired their weapons and if the use of force was justified.
Two weeks ago a car theft suspect was shot and killed by Arvada officers in the 6800 block of West 56th Avenue.
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