AURORA, Colo. — Police arrested a man who barricaded himself inside an Aurora condo for several hours Saturday morning. A second suspect was also arrested.
Aurora police said the man had broken into a condo near S. Parker Road and S. Dayton Street after he crashed a stolen vehicle. No injuries have been reported.
Residents of Rain Tree Condos were asked to shelter in place, but that order has since been lifted.
The incident started hours earlier when Arapahoe County deputies spotted the stolen vehicle, occupied by a man and a woman, and attempted to pull the car over.
However, the suspects failed to stop and took off from pursuing deputies, police said.
“They initiated a traffic stop, and that vehicle immediately sped away from them. They lost sight of them at about Parker Road and Florida and shut down their emergency equipment," Said Chad Cernich, a division chief with the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office.
A short time later, the suspects were involved in a crash with another vehicle at the S. Parker Road and S. Dayton Street intersection.
Following the crash, the suspects fled the area on foot and tried to enter a nearby condo but were unsuccessful as they were interrupted by the homeowner, police said.
Police said the woman was taken into custody following the crash.
Moments later, police observed the male suspect forcibly enter a second unit in the 9900 block of E. Evans Avenue.
Police negotiations lasted several hours Saturday morning until tear gas was used to force the suspect out of the home.
He was placed into custody without further incident.
A condo owner talked to media and said he was grateful for the police response and how the department handled the call.
"I just appreciate the Aurora PD for coming out here and, you know, doing what they do," he said. "They managed to get [him] out safely. They could have went a whole different, other way. You know, they took the lives and the people around them into consideration."
The identities of the two suspects and possible charges have yet to be released.
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