An Auraria Campus police officer was injured Monday during an early morning shooting in Denver, campus officials said.
The shooting happened around 1:18 a.m. Monday after two Auraria Campus police officers approached a suspect who was breaking into a car, according to a news release from the campus police department.
The unidentified suspect fled and, when officers found him later, he fired multiple shots at the officers and hit one of them in the arm, according to the news release.
Officers fired a taser at the man when he resisted arrest, but it’s not clear if the taser actually hit him, police said in the release.
The suspect fled on foot again after shooting the officer and was later arrested by Auraria Campus and Denver police officers, campus police said. He was taken to the hospital for evaluation.
The Auraria Campus is home to the University of Colorado Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver and Community College of Denver.
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Campus police said the Denver Police Department is coordinating the criminal investigation.
The entrance to Auraria Campus at 9th Street and East Colfax Avenue was temporarily closed for the investigation but has since been reopened, campus police said. The RTD light rail station at Colfax and Auraria was also temporarily closed.
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