A standoff in Broomfield on Tuesday carried on into the night as police tried to talk a reportedly armed man into surrendering.
The police activity — including a SWAT team presence and the evacuation of a nearby apartment building — unfolded in the 8000 block of Arista Place, said Joleen Reefe, a Broomfield Police Department spokeswoman.
People in the area were warned by police to stay inside and lock doors.
The incident started at about noon with a report to police of a fraud or forgery complaint. It then escalated into a report of “a man with a gun,” police said.
At about 6:20 p.m. Tuesday, police additionally tweeted that they were evacuating residents from an apartment building at 8450 Arista Place.
“He talks, we negotiate with him awhile, he gets ticked off and he stops talking,” Broomfield Sgt. Steve Griebel, told the Boulder Daily Camera at about 8:30 p.m., as SWAT trucks and police cars maintained a perimeter around the unit.
Several roads in the area were cordoned off by the standoff, making it difficult to get to the nearby 1st Bank Center, where Ellie Goulding performed Tuesday night.
Drivers in the area and people going to the concert were told to expect traffic delays. Police suggested an alternate route of Church Ranch Boulevard to Olde Wadsworth Boulevard to approach the center from the south.
Police assisted patrons wanting to leave nearby Children’s Hospital Colorado Therapy Care, 8401 Arista Place, according to a police department Twitter post.
At 8:02 p.m. police, on Twitter, said residents evacuated from the nearby apartment building “may not return home” but could go to a nearby hotel “if needed.”
Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822, knicholson@denverpost.com or @kierannicholson
