Aurora SWAT officers, snipers, canines and a hostage negotiator staked out an apartment in the 1400 block of Clinton Street in pursuit of a suspected armed fugitive Tuesday night.
After more than 2 1/2 hours of negotiations, 22-year-old Grant Bletcher released a hostage unharmed and surrendered, said Aurora police Sgt. Cassidee Carlson.
A U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force was looking for Bletcher in the area about 6 p.m. When Bletcher saw the marshals near East 14th Avenue and Dallas Street, he took off in a white pickup driven by a woman.
Although police didn’t chase them, the truck crashed a short distance away. The woman was taken into custody for questioning, and Bletcher ran into a nearby apartment, taking a woman inside hostage, Carlson said.
