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A Denver police officer stands at a roadblock on a street near the scene of a shooting in downtown Denver Monday, July 1, 2019. Police in Denver say a man who fired at least a couple of shots along a busy street during the morning commute is dead after being shot by police.
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Lakewood police officers shoot, kill man who allegedly pointed gun at them
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Lakewood police officers shot and killed a man just north of West Colfax Tuesday afternoon after he allegedly pointed a handgun at them.
and last updated 2021-03-24 16:26:02-04
DENVER â Lakewood police officers shot and killed a man just north of West Colfax Tuesday afternoon after he allegedly pointed a handgun at them.
According to Lakewood Police Department spokesperson John Romero, the department was called out to Prestige Imports, near the intersection of West Colfax Ave. and Garrison St., on a report that a man was trespassing around some of the cars on the lot.