Suspect dead in Denver metro area after firing at officers responding to domestic violence call, police say

Officers in the Denver metro area were involved in a shooting Thursday when they say a suspect in a domestic violence incident fired at them. That suspect later died.

Federal Heights police said employees at a storage facility near 90th Place and Federal Boulevard called authorities around 2 p.m. when a man assaulted a woman on the property. The department said when they arrived at the scene and tried to stop the assault, the man fired at officers, which resulted in at least one officer returning fire.

Police say the suspect rammed one officer's vehicle and that officer suffered minor injuries as a result. He was the only officer reportedly injured in the shooting or crash.

That officer and both people in the suspect's vehicle were taken to area hospitals for treatment.

The exact nature of the death of the suspect is unknown so far.

Federal Boulevard was closed from 88th Avenue to 92nd while officers worked to investigate the scene. The critical incident team from Adams County has taken over the investigation.