DENVER —Police in Denver are investigating a shooting at Washington Park Sunday afternoon that left one person wounded.
Officers took one person into custody, police said.
The Denver Police Department first reported the shooting on X at 2:41 p.m., later stating that the shooting victim was expected to survive.
Police have not said if the victim was targeted or what may have led up to the shooting.
Residents of the quiet Wash Park neighborhood told Denver7 they heard multiple shots near S. Downing Street and E. Kentucky Avenue on the west side of the park.
Video of the scene shows a crash involving DPD vehicles and a Hyundai sedan at the intersection of E. Kentucky Avenue and S. Corona Street, just one block west of the park.
It’s not known if the crash is connected to the shooting. However, one witness told Denver7 that she saw officers ram the Hyundai shortly after the shooting and then pull their weapons on the driver.
Denver7 contacted DPD for more information, but the department declined to provide additional details about the violent incident at a busy public park in broad daylight.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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