A suspected car thief is in critical condition after being shot by a law enforcement officer in North Denver on Thursday night.
The Metro Auto Theft Task Force was investigating a stolen vehicle that eventually led them into the Denver area early in the evening, Denver Police officer Raquel Lopez said at the scene of the shooting.
A PIT maneuver was used to stop the vehicle from getting away and shots were fired in the area of Stapleton Drive and Ivy Street.
Our photog zoomed in on this car & it appears there is a bullet hole in the window. pic.twitter.com/7RcjJ70ygG
— Liz Gelardi (@LizGelardi) December 18, 2015
The following is a map of where the shooting was reported at around 8:30 p.m.:
No other information, including the identity of the suspect, has been released. The investigation is ongoing.
Denver7 has checked the numbers -- there have been 11 officer-involved shootings since Halloween along the Front Rage, including this one.
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