Denver Police shoot, injure man reportedly circling park and firing handgun
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and last updated 2021-06-04 22:17:01-04
DENVER â Denver Police officers injured a man in a shooting while responding to a 911 call of a man firing shots out of a car.
DPD officers responded to the 3800 block of Olive Street around 5:30 p.m. after several witness called 911 to report a man was circling the park and firing shots out of his car, according to Denver Police Division Chief Ron Thomas.
They quickly located the car described by witnesses on the east side of the park and saw the man inside the vehicle had a handgun. Officers ordered the man to drop the weapon, but the man did not follow the officers commands and then threatened them with the handgun, Thomas said.
The 33-year-old Denver man liked to strap three handguns on to his belt for his sessions with his psychiatrist and often made veiled threats, telling her once that she should
Asked about this incident during the meeting, Denver police officials explained that only a few dozen of those cars were involved in racing, and the rest were simply stuck behind them.
On April 3, downtown Denver was the site of a more serious drag-racing incident: a high-speed crash at 18th and Lawrence streets that resulted in the death of Jessica Marie Allen, a forty-year-old wife and mother of two. A GoFundMe for Allen s memorial has been established; she was making a food delivery when her car was hit by an SUV. The Denver Police Department has arrested the man who was allegedly driving that car, charging him with vehicular homicide, vehicular assault and DUI.