An armed carjacking suspect from Arapahoe County was shot by Douglas County deputies after leading law enforcement on a chase around Highlands Ranch, according to the sheriff’s office.
The carjacking was reported about 8:30 p.m. Monday near Broadway and South Panama Drive in Littleton, and law enforcement used Flock cameras to trace the suspect to Douglas County, Sheriff Darren Weekly said in a .
One of the license-plate-reader cameras near East County Line Road and South Colorado Boulevard in Highlands Ranch alerted Douglas County deputies to a match for the suspect’s vehicle, Weekly said.
Deputies found the suspect in western Highlands Ranch and tried to pull over the driver, but the suspect fled. Douglas County deputies pursued, Weekly said. Littleton police officers also joined in the chase, he added.
The pursuit ended just north of C-470 on U.S. 85, also known as South Santa Fe Drive, Weekly said.
Littleton police hit the suspect’s vehicle to stop the driver, and Douglas County deputies tried to box in the car from the other side, Weekly said. That’s when the suspect began ramming police vehicles and hit a deputy.
That deputy was not in a car when he was hit, and paramedics took him to the hospital with minor injuries, Weekly said.
Shortly after ramming police vehicles, the suspect, whose identity has not been released publicly, began shooting at officers through the windshield of his car, Weekly said.
One deputy returned fire, shooting the suspect, according to an update from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
Paramedics took the suspect to a hospital, and the suspect is expected to survive, Weekly said. A passenger in the suspect’s car was arrested on unknown charges, and the driver likely will be charged with the attempted murder of a peace officer, he said.
“We’re very fortunate that this situation wasn’t much worse than it is,” Weekly said.
Updated at 5:47 p.m. Jan. 13, 2026: This article was updated to correct that the carjacking happened about 8:30 p.m. Monday.
