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Police: Suspect in custody near E. Colfax in Denver

Posted at 12:25 PM, Apr 18, 2017
and last updated 2017-04-18 14:35:51-04

DENVER – Police have taken a suspect into custody after blocking off a section of a residential neighborhood in Denver Tuesday.

Police initially said they had a perimeter set up in the 1600 block of Locust Street, about a block north of East Colfax.

Officers said they were “working to contact [a] possibly armed person.”

As of about 12:30 p.m., police said they had taken the suspect into custody. Officers planned to remain on the scene as they were still working an active investigation, police said.

Further details weren’t immediately available.


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