A man shot Wednesday night by Denver police near West High School has died.
Two Denver Police Department officers fired shots because the man was waving a gun and threatening others, police said Wednesday night during a news conference. The man was taken to a hospital where he died Thursday morning. He has not been identified.
Police were called around 5 p.m. to 10th Avenue and Inca Street where the man was pointing a gun at people in a car, Ron Thomas, a police department division chief said during a Wednesday night news conference. When officers arrived the man turned and advanced toward them, ignoring commands to drop his gun, Ron Thomas, a police department division chief said in the news conference. The officers shot him.
UPDATE: The adult male suspect who was shot in yesterday's officer-involved shooting was pronounced deceased at the hospital this morning. The Office of the Medical Examiner will release his identification. The investigation is ongoing.
— Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice)
