Police kill suspected armed shoplifter in suburban Denver
Authorities say a suspected shoplifter who was armed is dead after being shot by police in suburban Denver.
The shooting happened at around 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Park Meadows mall in Lone Tree as officers were responding to a theft at Macy’s.
The city says the man suspected in the theft “produced” a handgun during a brief foot chase. Officers fired at him and he died at the scene.
Another suspect, believed to be a woman, got away.
