THORNTON, Colo. — One person died, another person was injured, and multiple people are in custody after a shooting off Huron Street Wednesday morning, according to the Thornton Police Department.
The report of a shooting came into Thornton police shortly after 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, Kylynn McTague, public information officer for Thornton police, told Denver7. When officers arrived, they found one 35-year-old man injured. That person was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries from gunshot wounds.
A suspect drove away from the scene of the shooting with three other people in the car, and Thornton police pursued, McTague said. The chase ended in the area of W. 56th Ave. and Federal Boulevard. There, they found another man injured inside the suspect's vehicle. He died, according to Thornton police. The three other people were taken into police custody.
The Adams County Coroner's Office will release his identity once family has been notified and an official cause and manner of death is determined.
The preliminary Thornton police investigation found the group attempted to force entry into someone's apartment, resulting in a confrontation with the occupants. That's when shots were fired. None involved officers, according to the the Thornton Police Department.
The southbound lanes of Federal Boulevard just after Interstate 76 near 56th Ave. closed due to a large emergency response, according to Denver7 Traffic Expert Jayson Luber. The northbound lanes remained open.
Luber recommended Lowell or Sheridan Boulevards to the west or Pecos Street to the east to get around the southbound Federal closure.
Huron Street was open near W. 96th Pl. past the apartment complex shooting scene, Luber said.
Southbound I-76 reopened around 10:49 a.m. Wednesday.
There is no ongoing threat to the public, according to Thornton police.
"I know we do have some community members concerned with schools nearby, but it is pretty contained to this apartment complex. Right now, they're inside the apartment building working, so aside from what you see behind me, everything else should be able to resume as normal," McTague said.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the Thornton Police Department tip line at 720-977-5069.
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