A police officer and a suspect were gunned down Wednesday evening in Denver following a similar shooting earlier in the day.
The latest shooting took place in northeast Denver near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Forest Street, a police spokesman said.
WARNING: #DPD investigates a cop involved in a shooting near Forrest St/MLK Blvd. Shot an officer and a suspect, both transported to hospital. The officer’s injuries do not appear to be life-threatening, the suspect is being transported in critical condition. Updates posted when available. pic.twitter.com/ZZPVGUl0IQ
— The Denver Police Department (@DenverPolice) June 8, 2023
The officer’s injuries appear “not life-threatening,” police said in an 8:18 p.m. tweet on Wednesday. Police say the suspect has been taken to hospital in critical condition.
Earlier, around 4 a.m. Wednesday, a man was killed and a veteran Denver police officer suffered multiple gunshot wounds in an attack on the officer outside a northwestern Denver hotel, police said. In the morning incident, the officer was taken to the Denver Health Medical Center emergency room for treatment of his wounds. He was released from hospital later in the day and is resting at home, police said.
The man, identified as a “suspect” by police officials in a post on Twitter, was also taken to the DHMC emergency room, where he died.
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