Denver police put a shelter-in-place order in effect on Saturday night for a two-block area in the southern part of the city due to a person barricaded in an apartment. A wireless emergency alert about the order was sent out to a “broader area than intended,” according to the Denver Public Safety Department.
The police department said people in the area of 2495 South Vine Street should stay inside and stay away from windows and doors “until further notice.” That’s in the University neighborhood close to the University of Denver campus.
“The shelter-in-place alert applies only to a two-block radius around that address and recipients outside that area should disregard the alert,” the Denver Public Safety Department said in a social media post…