JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — One person died in a shooting with two Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office deputies Thursday night, the Jeffco Sheriff’s Office told Denver7.
Investigators later learned the man who was killed — identified as 32-year-old Kristin Dock — had a warrant for attempted first-degree murder with extreme indifference, the sheriff’s office said in a news release Friday morning.
The shooting happened around 11:15 p.m. Thursday near Kipling Street and Interstate 70, the Jeffco sheriff’s public information officer said.
A deputy originally stopped to help a driver with a broken down car in the left lane of northbound Kipling Street just south of I-70, the news release stated.
When the deputy realized the license plates on the car were expired, he called for backup, according to the sheriff’s office. When two more deputies arrived, the driver and passenger of the stopped car got out and were walking around. They both ignored commands from officers to get back inside the car, the Jeffco Sheriff’s Office said.
The driver then shot at deputies, according to the sheriff’s office news release. The deputies returned fire, hitting the driver multiple times, the sheriff’s office siad.
The person involved in the shooting was taken to the hospital, and was later pronounced dead, the Jeffco Sheriff’s Office said.
No deputies or bystanders were injured, according to the sheriff’s office.
We’re on scene of an officer-involved shooting at I-70 & Kipling St. (Occurred on Kipling.) No deputies injured. One suspect was transported, unknown condition. Kipling exit from I-70 E is closed and Kipling St is closed in both directions from I-70 frontage road to just north of… pic.twitter.com/lUenBg2Uwq
— Jeffco Sheriff (@jeffcosheriffco) March 1, 2024
The Jeffco Sheriff’s Office said investigators recovered two guns at the scene of the shooting from the driver who died.
The Kipling exit from eastbound I-70 and Kipling Street was initially closed in both directions from I-70 Frontage Road to just north of I-70, the Jeffco Sheriff’s Office said just before 1 a.m. Friday.
I-70 remained open in both directions.
The Wheat Ridge Police Department, Colorado State Patrol and Colorado Department of Transportation helped shut down the roads for the shooting investigation.
All roads have since reopened, the Jeffco Sheriff’s Office said.
One person dies in shooting with Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office deputies Thursday
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