{"id":116882,"date":"2021-06-22T02:10:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T02:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=116882"},"modified":"2021-06-22T02:10:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T02:10:35","slug":"3-killed-in-denver-area-shooting-including-a-police-officer-and-suspect-authorities-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/3-killed-in-denver-area-shooting-including-a-police-officer-and-suspect-authorities-say\/","title":{"rendered":"3 killed in Denver-area shooting, including a police officer and suspect, authorities say"},"content":{"rendered":"
Three people, including a police officer, were killed in a shopping district in\u00a0a\u00a0Denver suburb Monday, the latest high-profile shooting in Colorado this year.<\/p>\n
Police responded to a suspicious incident in\u00a0Arvada\u2019s Olde Town Square in the afternoon,\u00a0Ed Brady, the deputy chief of the Arvada Police Department, said at a news conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n
About 15 minutes later, a 911 call came in about shots fired, Brady added.<\/p>\n
A veteran police officer and\u00a0a suspected gunman\u00a0were killed in the shooting, according to\u00a0Brady.\u00a0A “Samaritan,” believed to have been shot by the gunman, was taken to a hospital and died, he said.<\/p>\n
The names of the victims and the suspect\u00a0have not been released. Authorities didn\u2019t immediately describe the circumstances of the shooting but said no one else is believed to have been involved. <\/p>\n
The shooting occurred in\u00a0the city\u2019s downtown district with shops, restaurants, breweries and other businesses. It\u2019s listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is about seven miles\u00a0northwest of downtown Denver.<\/p>\n
It comes\u00a0almost three months after a gunman\u00a0attacked a King Soopers grocery store\u00a0and killed 10, including an\u00a0officer. Boulder, where the grocery store is located, is about 20 miles from Arvada.<\/p>\n
Last month, about 80 miles south of the city, six people died after a shooting at a Colorado Springs, Colorado, birthday party, police said.<\/p>\n
Columbine, Aurora and now Boulder: <\/strong>Colorado has the sixth-highest rate of public mass killings<\/span><\/p>\n The Arvada officer\u2019s death, just the third in Police Department history, was especially painful after the mass shooting in nearby Boulder, Mayor Marc Williams said. Arvada police helped respond and investigate that attack, he said.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is by far the saddest day for our police department,\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n By evening in Arvada, a large police presence had lined up for a procession, while some residents were lining the street where the procession would take place with flags.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n John Garrod, of Arvada, Colorado, stands as a line of about 30 police cars line up for a procession in honor of the officer who was fatally shot on Monday. (Photo: Colleen Slevin, AP Images)<\/span><\/p>\n Contributing:\u00a0Ryan Miller, USA TODAY; The Associated Press<\/em><\/p>\n