DENVER (KDVR) — The Thornton Police Department has filed 21 total charges against a suspect allegedly involved in a non-injury shooting on June 19.
In a post, Thornton Police Department states that officers responded to reports of a person in a vehicle shooting multiple rounds towards a residence in the 9500 Block of Clayton Court.
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Responding officers saw a vehicle matching the description of the initial reports and tried to do a traffic stop, which ultimately led the driver to flee.
TPD stated that officers recovered multiple shell casts, confirmed the incident appeared to be targeted and then identified the suspect as Carlos Valiente Lopez, 33.
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Officers determined after the initial investigation that there was “no ongoing threat to the public” as Lopez allegedly fled the scene but police issued a “be on the look out alert” based on the information and seriousness of the incident at that time…