Gunman kills 4 in Denver-area capturing spree earlier than he’s killed by police

A lone gunman shot 4 folks to demise and wounded three, together with a police officer, on Monday in a Denver-area capturing spree that unfolded at a number of places and ended with police killing the suspect, authorities mentioned.
Investigators have but to find out a motive for the rampage, which started round 5 p.m. when the gunman shot and killed two ladies and wounded a person close to downtown Denver, Police Chief Paul Pazen mentioned at a information briefing.
The suspect then fled in a automobile and fatally shot a person in east Denver’s Cheesman Park neighborhood, earlier than open firing once more, in a west Denver group the place nobody was hit, Pazen mentioned.

According to Pazen, the suspect twice exchanged gunfire from his automobile with Denver officers pursuing him, disabling a police cruiser.
From there, the gunman drove into the neighbouring metropolis of Lakewood, the place he shot and killed a fourth individual inside an unspecified enterprise, in line with Lakewood Police spokesman John Romero.
The gunman fled from Lakewood police after they tried to tug him over, and engaged in a operating gun battle with officers earlier than fleeing on foot and getting into a resort, the place he shot and wounded a clerk, Romero mentioned.
He then shot at cops once more, wounding one in every of them, earlier than police shot him lifeless, Romero advised reporters. Authorities didn’t publicly establish the suspect, and mentioned circumstances resulting in the capturing remained underneath investigation.
According to Romero, the circumstances of the wounded officer and civilians weren’t instantly recognized.

Anne Wilson, a client who was inside a cellphone retailer in Lakewood, when the gunfire erupted close by, advised a Denver-based NBC-affiliate TV station that she heard “seven or eight gunshots, after which one other set of perhaps 5 extra.
“Wilson said she and other customers were quickly ushered by store employees into a back room behind security gates until the danger had passed. “It is scary, scary times we live in,” she mentioned.