A man suspected of making threats with a pistol at a liquor store at West First Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard on Wednesday evening was shot and killed by a plainclothes Lakewood police officer several blocks away.
The shooting happened after the unmarked police sport-utility vehicle tried to pull the man over near Sloan’s Lake, said Lakewood police spokesman Steve Davis.
The man, who has not been named, instead crashed his minivan into the Nissan Pathfinder carrying two officers.
Davis said the man jumped out and ran to the edge of the street near West 17th Avenue and Sheridan, where he was shot several times by the officer.
Investigators found a pistol near the man, but neither Davis nor Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson knew if the man had fired at officers.
“The officer apparently felt threatened enough to shoot the suspect,” Davis said.
Denver police are investigating because the man ran to the east side of Sheridan Boulevard, which is in Denver’s jurisdiction.
