DENVER — A man is dead after Denver police shot him during a barricade situation Monday night, according to a late-night press briefing with Denver PD's Chief of Police Ron Thomas just before midnight.
Watch: DPD provides an update regarding the officer-involved shooting in the 2000 block of N Oneida St. https://t.co/JH597GKN3u
— Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) May 2, 2023
At 9:08 p.m., the department said in a tweet that officers were "working a barricade situation" in the 2000 block of North Oneida Street.
At 10:29 p.m., Denver PD said there had been a police shooting, and the suspect had been shot.
ALERT: #DPD Officers responded to a barricade situation for a family disturbance in the 2000 block of N Oneida St that resulted in an Officer-Involved Shooting. Suspect shot. No officers injured. Victim assaulted by suspect transported to the hospital.
— Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) May 2, 2023
During the Denver PD presser at 11:20 p.m. Monday, Chief Thomas said the suspect had barricaded himself and two other people inside. Police were waiting for negotiators when they said, the suspect started stabbing one of the two people. Officers then shot at the suspect, and he died at the scene.
No officers were injured, according to the department.
A victim who had been assaulted by the suspect was taken to the hospital, Denver PD said, and is expected to be okay.
Police didn't clarify what happened to the second person in the home.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
