Several Adams County schools are closed during manhunt for deputy’s killer

More than a dozen schools are closed Thursday while a manhunt is underway for two suspects involved in an over-night shooting that killed an Adams County Deputy.

KDVR in Denver reports that Mapleton Public Schools and Adams 12 Five Star Schools canceled class.

Adams 12 closed the Early Childhood Education Center, the Bollman Technical Education Center, Thornton Elementary School, the International School at Thornton Middle, Thornton High School, and McElwain and Coronado Hills elementary schools.

Mapleton Public Schools closed Academy High School, Achieve Academy, Clayton Partnership, Explore Elementary School, MEC, MESA, Meadow Community School, Monterey Community School, North Valley School For Yount Adults, Welby Community School and York International.

Adventure Elementary School, Big Picture College and Career Academy, Global Campus and Valley View will be open.

The deputy who was shot and killed has been identified as Heath Gumm. He had served with the sheriff’s office since 2013.

One suspect is in custody and law enforcement officers are looking for the other two suspects. The only suspect description available for the pair is that they are light-skinned, black males or dark-skinned, Hispanic males.