WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (AP) - A man suspected of being involved in several recent crimes in suburban Denver, including severely injuring an elderly woman during a break in, is dead after being shot by police.
Police in Arvada say officers who had been surveilling the man shot him in neighboring Wheat Ridge while trying to arrest him after some kind of altercation Thursday. Detective Dave Snelling said the man, whose identity hasn’t been released, was in a stolen car.
Investigators believe he was the person who broke into the apartment of the elderly woman Wednesday not far from where he was shot. Snelling said she is expected to recover.
He said the suspect was seen with a firearm in a video of one of the crimes he’s suspected of committing the previous day.
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