Police opened fire on a sport utility vehicle in Commerce City early Thursday, killing a Boulder County Jail escapee and wounding a woman who was with him.
The fatal shooting happened just after midnight at a trailer park in the 6900 block of Colorado 2, said Christian Rasmussen, a Commerce City Police Department spokesman.
Phillip Michael Boldin, 42, has been wanted since September on an escape warrant after he walked away from a court-ordered halfway house in Boulder County.
The woman in the vehicle, who had not been identified, was taken to Denver Health Medical Center, and details about her injuries had not been released.
Boldin has a lengthy arrest record in the metro area dating back to 1986, primarily burglary and related charges.
He also was arrested after an escape in Boulder County in 1990 and an attempted escape in 2004 in Larimer County, records show.
Boldin has lived in Commerce City, Longmont and Arvada, and previously worked as a roofer, according to public records.
Police got a tip about 6 p.m. Wednesday that a vehicle Boldin was known to drive was parked at a trailer in Commerce City, and officers waited until he came out and left with a woman just after midnight.
When police moved in to stop them, the driver, who was not specified, rammed a patrol car, leaving an officer with minor injuries, Rasmussen said.
Officers opened fire, striking both occupants.
The vehicle’s windows were shattered or missing from the multiple gunshots.
Denver Post staff writer Joey Bunch contributed to this report.
Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com
