UPDATE (4:55 p.m.): Aurora police confirm one of its officers shot and killed an armed resident of the home who had shot and killed an intruder minutes earlier. Click here for more.
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AURORA, Colo. — An officer-involved shooting in north Aurora left one person dead Monday morning.
Police were called to E. Montview Boulevard and Iola Street around 1:30 a.m. on a report of someone breaking into a home.
"Officers arrived on scene and heard gunfire," said Officer Ken Forrest, an Aurora Police Department spokesperson.
"They confronted an armed male, who was armed with a firearm," he said. "The male was shot by our officers and has been transported to a local hospital where he has been declared deceased."
Officers said they found a deceased man in the home.
Investigators were working to determine which man was the suspected intruder.
#BREAKING @AuroraPD investigating an Officer involved shooting at Montview and Iola. Montview is closed EB and WB at Iola and Ironton. @DenverChannel pic.twitter.com/IwbhbliijQ
— Daryl Orr (@WxTrackerDaryl) July 30, 2018
E. Montview Boulevard was closed between Jamaica and Havana Streets until 5:30 a.m.
This is a developing story; Watch Denver7 this morning for updates.
