Two people were killed by police in separate shootings across metro Denver on Thursday, including a man with a machete who allegedly threatened people along the Bear Creek bike path in Sheridan.
Federal Heights police responded to a domestic violence assault at a storage facility in the 8900 block of Federal Boulevard just after 2 p.m. Thursday when a suspect opened fire on officers who were trying to intervene, Cmdr. Jason Schlenker said at a briefing.
The suspect also rammed a vehicle into police vehicles, which “led to an exchange of gunfire,” the department said in a post on Facebook.
Two of the three people in the vehicle were taken to the hospital, and one later died. That person’s name will be released by Adams County Coroner’s Office.
Police did not say whether the person who died was suspected of shooting at police, and department officials could not immediately be reached for comment.
The Adams County Critical Incident Response Team is investigating the shooting, Schlenker said.
A Federal Heights officer who was in the vehicle that was rammed had minor injuries, according to the agency.
A second police shooting occurred four hours later near the Bear Creek bike path when Sheridan Police Department officers responded at 6:15 p.m. to calls about a man walking along the path and threatening people with a machete.
Police started searching the area near South Clay Street and North Drive and found a man carrying a machete and commanded him to drop it, the department said in a news release. The man continued to move toward officers, who tried to use less-lethal devices that did not work before shooting him.
Officers provided medical aid until paramedics arrived and the man was taken to HCA HealthONE Swedish, where he was pronounced dead.
The 18th Judicial District Critical Incident Response Team is investigating the shooting, and the man will be identified by the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office.
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