Officers wounded a bank robbery suspect during a foot chase late this afternoon, Aurora police said.
The suspect’s wounds were non-life-threatening.
Detective Bob Friel, spokesman for Aurora Police, described the 4:30 p.m. incident at the Citywide Bank in the 10600 block of East Colfax as a “takeover robbery.”
As two heavily armed robbers entered the bank, they disarmed the only private security guard on duty, Friel said.
While the men were inside, a witness was on the phone with police dispatch providing information that helped officers respond quickly. For safety reasons, police will not say where the witness was located.
When police arrived, they confronted the two suspects outside the bank and the suspects ran.
One man was apprehended, and another was chased into the neighborhood just south of the bank. An Aurora police officer fired, striking the suspect.
The suspect was taken to a nearby hospital. Friel would not say where the man was wounded.
It is also unclear at this time whether the suspect fired any shots, or pointed a gun at the officer.
The officer is on paid administrative leave during the investigation according to department policy.
A joint investigation is underway with Aurora Police, the FBI, and the Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force.
While police were setting up the perimeter and interviewing witnesses, a person inside the bank was transported to a hospital due to an undisclosed medical condition.
The investigation will also try to figure out if there were any other people involved, Friel said.
