U.S. 36 was closed in both directions between Federal Boulevard and Sheridan Boulevard Saturday afternoon.
WESTMINSTER, Colo. — A gunman is dead after shooting a state trooper on Highway 36 Saturday afternoon, the Colorado State Patrol (CSP) said.
CSP said at around 1:18 p.m. Saturday, a trooper was in his marked patrol vehicle in the median on Highway 36 eastbound, just west of Federal Boulevard.
While in his vehicle, CSP said, someone drove past him and fired several shots at him, with a single round striking the trooper. The driver then pulled over on the inside shoulder, got out of the car and began to fire more rounds at the windshield of the patrol vehicle, according to CSP.
CSP said the trooper got out of his vehicle with his rifle and fired, shooting the gunman. The gunman was pronounced dead at the scene, and the trooper was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
U.S. 36 is closed in both directions between Federal Boulevard and Sheridan Boulevard.
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