LITTLETON, Colo. — An armed man was shot and killed by a Littleton police officer early Thursday morning.
Investigators said the officer was attempting to approach a man they described as suspicious on a motorcycle off west Broadway in the5600 block of Bannock Street near Littleton High School.
Police said at some point the man took off running and took out a handgun and the officer shot the suspect. The suspect did not shoot back and the officer was not hurt, a spokesperson said.
On Friday, the Arapahoe County Coroner's Office identified the man as 41-year-old Stephen Charles Poolson, Jr.
Police had the intersection blocked off all morning and asked the public to avoid the area, but as of 8:30 a.m., the scene was cleared.
Poolson, Jr. was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
