5 Killed as Shooter Opened Fire Across Denver and Lakewood, Colorado

Five inpiduals were killed after a shooter opened fire in Denver and Lakewood, Colorado, on Monday, including the gunman, according to authorities.

The Lakewood Police Department announced that they were assisting the Denver Police Department with a "large-scale, active shooter situation" that occurred late Monday evening in Lakewood.

Just before 6 p.m., police in Lakewood got a report of shots fired at a business, according to Lakewood Police spokesman John Romero.

According to Romero, one person was pronounced deceased at the site. Police were able to obtain a description of the car as well as the shooter. Authorities discovered the vehicle a short time later, but when they sought to contact the driver, the driver opened fire on agents, who returned fire, Romero said. The motorist managed to flee the scene.

The suspect, who has not been identified, fled on foot to a nearby shopping area where he “allegedly felony menaced another business with a firearm before then retreating to the Hyatt Place,” according to Romero.

“At that point, he did allegedly shoot one of the clerks there and that person was taken to the hospital. We do not know the extent of the injuries there or exactly how that person is doing,” Romero continued.

The suspect fled the area, at which point he then ran into police and fired at an agent, Romero said.

“That agent is currently at the hospital undergoing surgery right now. Fire was then exchanged again with our agents … and the shooter, in this case, was taken down.”

Romero added that authorities are still unsure as to whether the suspect’s death was as a result of police shooting or not but the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. A SWAT team was sent to the area.

There is no longer a threat to the community, authorities said.

Officials believe the incident initially began in Denver with a “series of violent incidences,” the first of which occurred a little after 5 p.m., when three people were shot, leaving two adult women dead and one adult male injured, according to Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen.

Shortly after, one adult male was shot and killed at a second location near 12th Avenue and Williams Street. At a third location in Sixth Avenue and Cherokee Street, a gun was fired, but no injuries were reported, Pazen said.