Overview

• Officers responded around 7:30 p.m. to the 200 block of Havana Street after a caller threatened to open fire inside a business and to shoot at police.
• Three officers located the suspect, who ignored commands to show his hands, according to an Aurora Police Department statement.
• An officer fired less‑lethal munitions that police said had no effect before the teen ran toward officers and one officer fired.
• Officers rendered aid and the suspect, believed to be 17, was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead; he has not been publicly identified.
• Police reported no other injuries and said no gun belonging to the suspect had been found as of midnight; the shooter is on paid leave, parallel reviews are underway, and tips are being sought through Metro Denver Crime Stoppers.