The Denver Police Department says they are investigating a "critical incident" Friday night after a reported shooting.
According to police, officers were responding to a domestic violence situation along 33rd Avenue around 7:39 p.m.
As officers arrived, they said they spoke with the suspect for several minutes before the suspect allegedly began opening fire at them. Multiple more officers arrived at the scene.
"The officers felt there was a little bit of agitation, felt that the suspect was stalling, 'give me a couple minutes, putting on shoes. I'll be right there.' So they they felt a little bit of maybe anxiety, but but it wasn't extremely hostile," Deputy Chief Aaron Sanchez told the media.
The victim in the case allegedly told officers the suspect reportedly died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after coming out of the residence in the area.
As for their condition, Sanchez saying they were taken to the hospital but did not have much more to add.
One officer suffered minor injuries to the hand but is expected to recover. Sanchez sharing with the media it is unclear whether the officer was shot.
Sanchez noted this was not a barricade or hostage situation, citing the protocol DPD has in place.
"We did not declared a barricade or a hostage at that time. What I will say is, during the initial engagement, one of our officers was injured, and so while we were treating the officer and trying to come up with a game plan as things were starting to evolve, so we hadn't actually declared it a barricade, but we were very, very close, and we had our resources coming in to declare as such," Sanchez explained. "We go through a very extensive protocol before we declare a barricade. We were bringing our resources and our assets in, setting up the perimeter as well, because there were the numerous exchanges of gunfire. We were still engaged with the with the suspects, so we hadn't pulled out to the point where we would have a full barricade situation."
Sanchez adding the process the department takes when it comes to domestic violence calls.
"We take domestic violence very very seriously," Sanchez stated. "We work with our outreach centers. Domestic violence is is a problem not only in Denver throughout the country, really. This is a domestic violence situation, anyone who is involved in any type of domestic situation, we ask them, you know, to come to us, and we will get them the services that they need."
The investigation remains ongoing, Denver 7 has a crew at the scene and is working to learn more.
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