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WELD COUNTY, Colo. — A barricaded suspect situation in the Hidden Valley subdivision of Severance ended in a murder-suicide, according to the Severance Police Department.

Severance Police Chief Ken Chavez said dispatch received a 911 call at 2:35 p.m. Wednesday about shots fired along Timber Ridge Parkway in the Hidden Valley subdivision. Responding officers learned that a person had fired gunshots both inside and outside of a house.

The police department requested help from the Windsor Police Department, Colorado State Patrol, Weld County Sheriff’s Office and Ault Police Department.

Chief Chavez said the suspect was barricaded in a home with a relative, who was later identified as the suspect’s mother. However, he said the department considered this as a barricaded suspect situation, not a hostage situation, since the suspect did not make any threats to police regarding the safety of the mother.

According to Chavez, the Weld County SWAT Team entered the home around 7:30 p.m. The mother was found dead inside the home from a gunshot wound, and the suspect, a juvenile male, was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, Chavez told Denver7.

The shelter-in-place was lifted around 8:20 p.m.

Chavez said the local schools were placed on lockdown for a time, but all students have been dismissed after police deemed it safe to do so.

This is a developing story. Stay with Denver7 for updates.

Denver 7+ Colorado News Latest Headlines | October 25, 4pm


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