Code Red Sent In Wheat Ridge Neighborhood During Suspect Search
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (CBS4) - Police in Wheat Ridge spent much of early Wednesday morning searching for a homicide suspect. It shut down an area 44th and Lee, near the Kipling intersection.
Officers were investigating a report of a stolen car at 2:35 a.m. Wednesday. There was a man inside, who officers identified as a homicide suspect. A CodeRed alert was then issued for the area, and police strongly urged people to stay in their homes and to not answer the door while officers searched.
WRPD contacted a stolen car at 2:35 p.m. at 44th and Lee. The male inside the car fled the scene and was identified as a suspect in another crime. A CodeRed has been issued. Please stay inside and do not answer the door as police search the area. pic.twitter.com/SO67JuHYKc
— Wheat Ridge Police (@WheatRidgePD) May 5, 2021
The scene was cleared around 4:30 a.m., and the alert was lifted.
Police are still searching. If anyone has information, or saw anything suspicious, they're asked to call Wheat Ridge Police at 303-237-2220.