Justice · Denver apartment shootingNorth Denver shootout: Suspect dead, officer suffers hand injuryAired October 24, 2026 at 3:14 PM UTCWritten October 24, 2026 at 3:21 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:07A domestic violence victim escaped an apartment after a suspect and police exchanged0:11gunfire.0:12The suspect died and police say he shot himself.0:15The victim had minor injuries.0:17One officer hurt a hand and neighbors were ordered to shelter inside.0:21Investigators still have to resolve what caused the officer's injury and confirm how0:25the suspect died.0:26The gunfire broke out at an apartment building near East 33rd Avenue and Marion0:30Street in North Denver.0:31Officers responded to the 1300 block of East 33rd Avenue on Friday evening, October0:3623rd.0:37Police went to the building for a domestic violence disturbance.0:40Deputy Chief Aaron Sanchez described the response at the scene that night.0:43The sequence of the confrontation and the injury assessments come from that0:46preliminary police account.0:48Officers responded around 7.39 that evening and spoke with the suspect at an0:52apartment door for about 20 minutes.0:54Police say the suspect then fired at them, went inside the apartment, and continued0:58shooting from there.0:59Several officers fired during multiple exchanges of gunfire.1:02The domestic violence victim remained inside the apartment throughout the shooting.1:06The shooting stopped around 8.30.1:08The victim then left through the front door and told officers the suspect had died1:12after shooting himself.1:13That statement forms part of the police explanation for the death.1:16Police described the suspect's fatal wound as self-inflicted.1:19Sanchez said the victim had minor injuries.1:22One officer suffered a hand injury during the initial response and was expected to1:26be okay.1:27No officers were seriously hurt.1:29Police couldn't say that night whether gunfire caused the officer's hand injury.1:33Neighbors remained under a shelter-in-place order until after the victim got out.1:37Police then lifted the order and considered the area safe.1:40Officers were still working at the scene after 10 that night and expected to stay1:44into early Saturday.1:45The investigation remained open.1:47A medical examiner's findings were still pending to confirm the cause and manner of1:52the suspect's death, and the cause of the officer's hand injury remained unresolved.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSSThe shortThe short ↗