2 dead in shooting discovered after SUV crashed into pole north of Denver
Thornton police investigated a shooting that left two people dead on Friday. Investigators said officers found two people with gunshot wounds inside a Jeep SUV.
That vehicle was discovered after dispatchers received a report about 4:35 a.m. that a vehicle had crashed into a pole at Colorado Boulevard and East 100th Avenue. Police said a man was found dead inside the vehicle and a woman was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. She died several hours later.
What happened leading up to the shooting and subsequent crash is being investigated.
"We know that a shooting occurred and outside of that, there's still a lot of details to figure out that detectives are working really hard to find the answers to," said Thornton Police Department public information officer Kylynn McTague.
Colorado Boulevard was closed from East 100th Avenue to Thornton Parkway for several hours during the shooting investigation. Colorado Boulevard reopened just after 10:30 a.m. Drivers were urged to take an alternate route during the closure.
The N Line train was stopped on the tracks on East 100th Avenue near Colorado Boulevard, just yards from the deadly shooting investigation scene. RTD told CBS Colorado that the train was not involved in the shooting but that there were delays on that line that were expected to last for several hours throughout the morning. The N Line resumed limited service at 10:45 a.m. RTD said bus service will continue to help make up for possible delays in that area.
According to the Colorado State Patrol, troopers responded to the crash involving a Thornton police patrol vehicle and the RTD train about 6:34 a.m.
The Thornton patrol vehicle had its lights activated but was unoccupied, and there were no reports of injuries. The RTD train suffered some minor damage, according to investigators.
All RTD passengers were removed from the train, placed on buses and transported from the scene.
CSP said that preliminary reports indicate the Thornton police officer had just arrived at the location to assist with the perimeter for the shooting that happened earlier in the morning, when the collision with the train happened.
