OFFICER WOUNDED IN LEG; SUSPECT SHOT
A Denver Police Department officer was in stable condition after he was shot Saturday morning while attempting to calm down a man “in crisis.”
Police tried to defuse the situation before the man shot an officer, hitting him in the leg, Deputy Chief Matt Murray said.
Officers returned fire, hitting the suspect. The officer and suspect were transported to separate hospitals and have undergone surgery. Both are stable, but the man remains in critical condition.
“It really appears that hewas having a personal crisis, and in our attempts to try to defuse that, he made decisions to make the situation get to wherewe are,” Murray said.
Officerswent to a house on South Quitman Street nearwest Amherst Avenue around 4:30 a.m. Themanwas outside his home, saying hewas suicidal.
Officers went around to the back of the home, attempting to defuse the situation, Murray said. Police had been using less-lethal means prior to the shooting.
Other people were in the home at the time.
Police are still investigating the incident, but no further information was released.
Boulder modifies elk hunting plan. Boulder County has modified its controversial plans for limited elk hunting on the Rabbitmountain Open Space, the Daily Camera reported, and one change to the proposal for managing the herd is to start the season a little later than had initially been envisioned.
Perhaps the most significant change to the plan is that rather than a season that would runmonday throughwednesday starting Aug. 15, it’s now proposed that it would kick in after Labor Day, still limited to Monday throughwednesdays, and requiring the area to be closed to public access on those days.
Stolen SUV spotted at drive-thru
● pueblo » A couple in a stolen SUV, in line at a fast-food hamburger drive-up window in Pueblo, were arrested Friday by sheriff’s deputies.
A loaded handgun was found on the driver and an assortment of suspected drugs in plastic bags were also seized, according to the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office.
A white Ford Escape, reported stolen, was spotted in a drive-thru line at Carl’s Jr., 102 S. Santa Fe Ave.
Deputies boxed in the SUV and arrested the driver, Johnathan T. Schaffer, 39, and a passenger, 31-yearold Christina M. Wojtala. Both suspects were booked into the Pueblo County jail.