A New Year’s Eve standoff between Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies and a gunman and a second nearly identical incident three days later both ended in suicide, sheriff’s officials said.
Jefferson County Sheriff’s officials told residents in the 6500 block of South Weber Street, near Woodmar Square Park in Littleton, to take shelter on the afternoon of New Year’s Eve when deputies responded to an armed barricade.
About three hours after the alarm went off, sheriff’s officials said the barricaded gunman had committed suicide.
Sheriff’s officials announced a second one shelter-in-place order – this time for the 12000 block of Critchell Lane in Conifer – Friday around 3:30 p.m.
About two hours after the order shipped, for the second time in four days, Sheriff’s officials made the announcement that the armed man had committed suicide and the shelter-in-place order had been revoked.
No additional details about either case were available Sunday.
Sign up to receive crime news straight to your inbox every day.