Gunman, police officers exchange gunfire at apartment complex in Broomfield

Published: Sep 12, 2024 Duration: 00:01:59 Category: News & Politics

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EVERYONE GOT OUT SAFELY. TWO CATS AND A DOG ARE STILL MISSING. >>> IT WAS A THREATENING DAY -- FRIGHTENING DAY IN BROOMFIELD. >> SOME RESIDENTS WERE WAKEN -- AWAKEN BY GUNFIRE. IT WAS AT A LARGE COMPLEX BETWEEN WADSWORTH AND HIGHWAY 36. >> THERE WERE LOUD BANGS AND GUNFIRE, WE ARE JOINED NOW BY MICHAEL, WHAT STARTED ALL OF THIS? >> Reporter: IT THIS REALLY STARTED AS A DISTURBANCE CALL , THAT IS WHAT LED TO THIS SCARY MORNING AT THE ARISTA FLATS APARTMENTS, A MAN STARTED FIRING HIS GUN AT POLICE AND ALL AROUND THE COMPLEX. IT ALL STARTED AROUND 6:30 , THURSDAY MORNING, WITH A CALL ABOUT A DISTURBANCE. WHEN POLICE SHOWED UP, A MAN WAS INSIDE, MAKING THREATS THAT HE FIRED AT THE POLICE, AT NEIGHBORING UNITS, AND INTO THE PARKING LOT. THAT IS WHY THEY CALLED IT AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION. S.W.A.T. TEAMS AND POLICE ARRIVED, AND S.W.A.T. OFFICERS EVACUATED SOME RESIDENTS. THEY TRIED TO CONTACT THE MAN WHO WAS IN HIS APARTMENT, NOT KNOWING HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE INSIDE. AROUND 9:45, THEY FOUND A WEAPON. AND THEY FOUND THE SUSPECT INJURED, AS WELL AS A WOMAN THAT THEY SAY IS INJURED. BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A LARGE CRIME SCENE, THEY WILL BE OUT HERE FOR A WHILE INVESTIGATING. >> WE HAVE TO PROCESS WHERE THOSE GUNSHOTS WENT, LOOK FOR THE SHELL CASINGS, AND DETERMINE EVERYTHING THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED . HOW MANY SHOTS HE FIRED, IT IS GOING TO BE ACTIVE, AND IT WILL BE CLOSED FOR A WHILE. >> Reporter: IF YOU ARE A RESIDENT WHO HAS BEEN EVACUATED AND YOU NEED A PLACE TO GO, THEY HAVE OPENED A SHELTER AT THE FIRSTBANK CENTER ,

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