A man shot by a Denver Police Department officer in an armed confrontation in an alleyway on Tuesday has died, agency officials said Wednesday morning.
Denver police responded 911 calls about a man with a gun in the 1000 block of South Quitman Street at 3:41 p.m. Tuesday and found an armed man hiding in the alley between Quitman and Perry streets, according to the department.
Officers tried to get the man to surrender for more than an hour as he hid behind objects and pointed the gun at people, said in a briefing Tuesday night.
The man started walking toward an officer while still armed and did not follow commands to drop the weapon, which is when the officer shot him multiple times, Thomas said.
Denver police confirmed the man had died in a at 10:19 a.m. Wednesday and said the shooting investigation is ongoing.
