DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. — A 43-year-old man faces multiple charges in an alleged armed carjacking, high-speed chase and shooting involving law enforcement on Monday night, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office said Thursday.
Daniel Reynaldo Tolentino, 43, was booked into the Arapahoe County Jail on multiple counts of attempted first-degree murder of a police officer, aggravated robbery, felony menacing and vehicular eluding.
Around 8:30 p.m. on Monday, a carjacking was reported at a car wash at the intersection of S. Broadway and E. Panama Drive.
The carjacking victim was trying to wash his car when Tolentino allegedly approached with a gun. The victim handed over the keys to his vehicle and was not injured.
Crime
Armed carjacking, chase, shooting between suspect, DougCo law enforcement
The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office told the Douglas County Sheriff's Office to be on the lookout for the armed car jacking suspect. When Douglas County sheriff's deputies found someone driving the stolen vehicle in the Highlands Ranch area, the sheriff's office brought in the Littleton Police Department for assistance.
Tolentino is accused of shooting at law enforcement through the windshield of the stolen vehicle, then ramming Douglas County sheriff's deputies with the car. One deputy returned fire. Tolentino was hit and injured, but expected to survive.
The deputy who was reportedly rammed with the stolen vehicle also had an injury from being grazed by a bullet, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office said. The deputy was taken to a nearby hospital but is home now and expected to make a full recovery.
“It is a miracle that our deputies were not killed. I am proud of both deputies who faced extreme danger. Despite being shot at and rammed by the suspect’s vehicle, our injured deputy stayed in the fight and helped arrest the suspect," Douglas County Sheriff Darren Weekly said in a news release Thursday.
Douglas County sheriff's deputies and Littleton police were able to bring Tolentino into custody around 9 p.m. Monday in a neighborhood off County Line Road and Santa Fe Drive. Law enforcement also arrested a passenger in the stolen vehicle on outstanding warrants unrelated to this incident.
Tolentino will appear in court on Jan. 20 at 9 a.m. in Arapahoe County court. His bond was set at $300,000.
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