Date – September 18, 2019

In an earlier press release, we stated “When officers entered the home, a male suspect pointed a gun at officers who returned fire at the suspect, striking the suspect.”

We have no indication the suspect fired at officers.  The male suspect pointed a gun at officers, the officers fired on the suspect striking him.

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Date – September 18, 2019

This morning around 5:45am S.W.A.T. was serving a search warrant in the 7200 block of Hooker Street.

S.W.A.T. was serving the knock and announce search warrant for the Aurora Police Department.

When officers entered the home, a male suspect pointed a gun at officers who returned fire at the suspect, striking the suspect.

The suspect was transported to the hospital and is in critical condition.

There were no Westminster Police Officers injured during this incident.

Hooker Street is closed between 71^st Avenue and 72^nd Avenue and will remain closed most of the morning.

The 17^th Judicial District Critical Incident Investigation team will be conducting the investigation into this incident.  This investigation will likely take several weeks. You can find more information about the Critical incident team by following this link:  http://adamsbroomfieldda.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Critical-Incident-Investigation-Team.pdf

Due to the ongoing investigation, we will not be able to release any further details at this time.