A person was killed and a girl was injured in two separate, however apparently linked, shootings at Highlands Ranch’s Important Occasion late Saturday night time, Douglas County sheriff’s officers mentioned.
In a Sunday morning information convention, Douglas County Sheriff Darren Weekly mentioned a number of photographs had been fired contained in the “packed” arcade off of Centennial Boulevard at 11:51 p.m. Saturday. He mentioned the occasion heart, which was scheduled to be open for 2 extra hours, was nonetheless full of folks.
Weekly mentioned {that a} deputy simply down the road responded to the capturing in lower than a minute and located a person armed with a gun within the car parking zone.
The person ignored a number of instructions from the deputy to drop the weapon and, when he turned towards the deputy, was shot, Weekly mentioned. It’s not clear if the person pointed his gun on the deputy.
“Life-saving efforts” had been made, however the man died from his accidents within the car parking zone, Weekly mentioned. He shall be recognized by the Douglas County Coroner’s Workplace.
Inside Important Occasion, Weekly mentioned one lady was shot within the chest by one other lady. Paramedics took the sufferer to the hospital, the place she is predicted to outlive, and the suspected shooter was arrested.
The person’s affiliation with the ladies and the capturing inside Important Occasion isn’t clear, however Weekly mentioned investigators consider the 2 shootings are linked.
“(It was a) very harmful, chaotic scene and we nonetheless have rather a lot to work by, however this might have been a lot worse,” Weekly mentioned.
The car parking zone capturing shall be investigated by the twenty third Judicial District Vital Incident Response Crew.
Any witnesses or folks with data on the capturing inside Important Occasion ought to contact Douglas County investigators at 303-660-7500.