Colorado law enforcement officers have shot three people \u2014 and possibly a fourth \u2014 in less than 48 hours, leaving one man dead and three officers with gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n
The spate of gun violence shook much of the Front Range, from a late Saturday night incident at a Pueblo apartment complex to dual shootings in the suburbs north of Denver to a Monday night shooting on the Colorado State University campus in Fort Collins.<\/p>\n
The first incident occurred Saturday night in Pueblo<\/a>, where around 11 p.m. officers responded to a call about a home invasion in the 1600 block of Gaylord Avenue in the southwest part of the city. A suspect, identified as 36-year-old Luis Antonio Morales, was found later at an apartment complex in the area.<\/p>\n \u201cOfficers followed the suspect to an upstairs apartment and began knocking on the door, announcing themselves as police,\u201d Pueblo police said in a release<\/a>. \u201cThe suspect opened the door, and an exchange of gunfire occurred.\u201d<\/p>\n Morales died in the gunfire, police said, and two officers were injured. This week, the Pueblo Police Department provided an update on the officers\u2019 conditions, writing on Facebook<\/a> that Officer Justin Ortiz received a graze wound to the ankle.<\/p>\n Officer Jonathon Woehler was shot in both legs and was taken to a hospital. He was released on Monday and \u201cis continuing to recover,\u201d the release said.<\/p>\n Nearly 24 hours later, a Thornton police officer was wounded in a shootout in a residential neighborhood. The suspect in that incident, 37-year-old Luis Arebalo, remained on the loose Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n The shooting occurred around 9:30 p.m. Sunday after officers responded to a report of an \u201cunwanted person\u201d in the 12800 block of Ulster Street near the Adams County Fairgrounds, according to a police news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n Arebalo fired multiple shots at the officers as they spoke with the person who called for help, police say. The injured officer was taken to a hospital with injuries that were serious but not life-threatening. An officer shot at Arebalo, but it is unclear whether the officer\u2019s gunfire struck him.<\/p>\n Arebalo is described as 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing approximately 180 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a black short-sleeved shirt and dark-colored pants. He is considered armed and dangerous.<\/p>\n There were two incidents Monday during which law enforcement officers shot people. The first took place in Adams County, where a sheriff\u2019s deputy responded to a suspected arson<\/a> at a Super 8 motel.<\/p>\n Just before 7 a.m., deputies located a man who they believed matched the arson suspect\u2019s description about a mile north of the motel, near 96th Avenue and I-76 Frontage Road. One of the deputies shot the man, though no details were provided as to what led up to the shooting.<\/p>\n It was not clear whether the man was armed when he was shot. Investigators found a knife at the scene, Sgt. Shea Haney said.<\/p>\n The deputy was not hurt and the victim, who has not been publicly identified, was taken to a hospital, Haney said. The extent of the man\u2019s injuries was not clear Tuesday.<\/p>\n On Monday evening,\u00a0Colorado State University police shot and injured an armed man<\/a> who officials said was \u201cacting erratically\u201d on the Fort Collins campus.<\/p>\n CSU police received a report about a man near Newton Plaza on the main campus around 5:35 p.m., university officials said in a campus safety report<\/a>. The man, holding a handgun, advanced toward the responding officer, school officials said.<\/p>\n \u201cGunfire occurred,\u201d CSU officials wrote, with the officer shooting the man and immediately rendering first aid. School officials said the wounded man was taken to a hospital.<\/p>\n The officer was not injured in the confrontation.<\/p>\n