1 dead after police shoot reportedly armed man near Denver school Monday night

DENVER (KDVR) — One suspect is dead after police said they chased and shot an allegedly armed man outside a middle school in Denver on Monday night.

Around 10:30 p.m. on Monday, Denver Police Department Chief Ron Thomas said Denver police and Denver Public School Safety officers responded to a call of two people near the front of Kepner Beacon Middle School.

Officers found a man and a woman near the front of the school, and Thomas said they were able to contact them and get their identifications. While officers were doing a warrant check on both of them, Thomas said the man asked if he could leave, and the officers said he couldn’t. The man then allegedly backed away and ran while pulling out a weapon…

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