THORNTON, Colo. — Two Thornton police officers who were injured by gunfire during a standoff with a suspect in a residential area Wednesday morning were being treated for non-life threatening injuries, according to the interim chief of the police department.
A suspect in the standoff was also pronounced dead inside the home, located on the 1600 block of Columbine St. near York St. and 128th Ave.
Officers responded to the scene just before 9 a.m. and police announced about a half-hour later that a pair of officers had been "struck by gunfire." Thornton police's interim chief Greg Reeves said in a media briefing just before 11 a.m. that they could have been hit by either shrapnel or gunfire.
There was "no longer a threat" in the area as of 10:37 a.m., according to police. All emergency alerts stemming from what had been a very active scene for the better part of two hours were lifted.
There is no longer a threat in the area. All emergency alerts have been lifted. pic.twitter.com/Ykzz1NAwi1
— Thornton Police Dept (@ThorntonPolice) October 9, 2024
Reeves said that the injured officers were being treated at a nearby hospital.
More than two dozen law enforcement vehicles, including SWAT and other tactical vehicles, lined neighboring streets during the response. A drone assisted in the search of the home for a suspect, police said.
A medical helicopter arrived on scene just before 10 a.m. as a precaution, police said.
Denver7 has multiple crews at the scene and is working to learn more about the events that led up to the shooting.