1 dead, 1 injured in shooting discovered after vehicle crashed into pole north of Denver

Thornton police investigated a shooting that left one person dead and another injured early Friday morning. Investigators said officers found two people with gunshot wounds inside a vehicle.

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. 

What happened leading up to the shooting and subsequent crash is being investigated. 

Colorado Boulevard was closed from East 100th Avenue to Thornton Parkway during the shooting investigation. Drivers were urged to take an alternate route during the closure. 

The N Line train was stopped on the tracks on Colorado Boulevard near the investigation scene. RTD told CBS Colorado that the train was not involved in the crash or the shooting but that there were delays on that line that were expected to last for several hours throughout the morning.