DENVER, Colo. -- Denver Police are on the scene of a carjacking and crash in downtown Denver.
Police said Monday they first received a call about a man threatening people with a knife inside a Burger King restaurant at Colfax and Kalamath.
When officers arrived on scene, police say a woman approached them and told the officers she had just been carjacked.
Police said they tried to follow the suspect, but he struck a police patrol vehicle while fleeing the scene.
ALERT (1/2): #DPD at Colfax & Kalamath where a carjacking suspect struck a patrol vehicle/fled. Officer not injured. pic.twitter.com/sc4J9zs43m
— Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) August 2, 2016
The officer in the vehicle was not hurt.
Police tweeted a description of the vehicle the suspect is driving.
ALERT (2/2): Suspect vehicle is a white, Kia Soul, Texas plate - GHY9478. Last seen going SB on Kalamath. Call 911 if you see the vehicle.
— Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) August 2, 2016
They say it is a white Kia Soul with Texas plate GHY9478.
It was last seen going southbound on Kalamath.
The describe the suspect as a Hispanic man, with a buzz cut hairstyle or shaved head.
They believe he is in his thirties.
