An order to shelter in place for residents of a north Boulder neighborhood were dropped after a man in a stolen car, who police say was possibly armed, climbed to the roof of a building before surrendering. No one was injured.
“We’re working to get him down without anyone getting hurt,” Boulder Police Department officials said Tuesday morning at 8:25 a.m. in a posting on Twitter.
The police issued a “shelter-in-place” alert, then lifted it around 10:46 a.m. but asked that residents of the city avoid the area between 30th Street and Iris Avenue.
At 1:37 p.m. police announced that the suspect surrendered and he was taken into custody “without injury to anyone.”
The suspect, who has two outstanding warrants, is being investigated for second-degree motor vehicle theft, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, obstruction of a peace officer, and resisting arrest, police said. A woman with an outstanding warrant was in the stolen car and is also being investigated for second-degree motor vehicle theft and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
We have lifted the shelter in place order but are still asking folks to avoid the area for now
— Boulder Police Dept. (@boulderpolice)
Please avoid the area of 30 and Iris where we’ve issued a shelter in place alert. A suspect in a stolen car has climbed to the roof of a business, says he has a gun and we’re working to get him down without anyone getting hurt
— Boulder Police Dept. (@boulderpolice)
