Editor’s note: The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office declined to file criminal charges against the officers involved in the fatal shooting of James Houllis. Read the decision .
A 29-year-old armed man was shot and killed by officers after a nearly five-hour standoff Friday, according to Commerce City police.
Police officers and SWAT team members responded to a home in the 6700 block of East 72nd Avenue about 2 p.m. Friday for an “armed and barricaded suspect” who was wanted on suspicion of a domestic violence assault from earlier in the day.
The man briefly held a maintenance worker hostage inside the home before the worker escaped on his own, The man refused to surrender and threatened to shoot police officers and set off a bomb, according to the department.
The man “was eventually shot by police” and died at the scene, the department said Friday. He was identified by the Adams County coroner as James Michael Houllis.
The 17th Judicial District is investigating the shooting.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
