An early morning police shooting in Thornton left one man dead and sent a police officer to the hospital, police said Wednesday.
The shooting happened near Gale Boulevard and West Thornton Parkway — between Pecos and Huron streets — the police department said in a 5:55 a.m. statement on X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter.
Police said the man died and paramedics transported the officer to a hospital with “serious but non-life-threatening injuries.”
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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