Suspects in allegedly stolen vehicle shoot at Denver police officers in unmarked cars, department says

Denver law enforcement officials have been shot at whereas following an allegedly stolen automobile Wednesday, the division mentioned.

Cops seen a automobile they mentioned was stolen close to the 3900 block of South Monaco Parkway in Denver, close to the border of Aurora, Denver police mentioned.

Officers in unmarked automobiles adopted the allegedly stolen automobile and deployed a Starchase system – primarily a dart-like GPS machine that may be launched from a police automobile onto a fleeing car to assist officers observe it from a secure distance.

Because the officers have been following the suspects, they circled and started taking pictures on the officers from the automobile close to South Buckley Street and East Mississippi Avenue, the division mentioned.

That automobile had 5 folks inside and, after it stopped close to Northfield Boulevard and Central Park Boulevard, they received out and fled on foot.

Two of them have been arrested instantly and the opposite three have been arrested after a short foot chase, Denver police mentioned.

No officers fired their weapons and nobody was injured, the division mentioned. They didn’t instantly present the identities or prices on the suspects.