THORNTON, Colo. — The Thornton Police Department is investigating an early morning fatal shooting.
At 3 a.m. Sunday, officers were dispatched to the 9700 block of Ogden Court after a caller reported that someone was attempting to break into their vehicle and that shots had been fired, according to a media release from Thornton Police. When officers arrived, they found a crashed truck.
A 34-year-old man, who was found near the crashed truck, was suffering from apparent gunshot wounds, police said. Investigators believe this man, who was seen breaking into vehicles, attempted to leave the area in the truck following the shooting, but struck multiple parked vehicles before coming to a stop, the media release says…