1 person injured, 3 suspects in custody after shooting in Brighton
One person was shot and rushed to urgent care with a gunshot wound on Wednesday afternoon. The shooting happened in Brighton near South 9th Avenue and Bush Street about 12:30 p.m.
The possible suspects were taken into custody near East 120th Avenue and Salem Street. The public is urged to avoid those areas during the investigation.
"We believe we have all the suspects in custody, we have three suspects in custody," said Brighton Police Chief Matthew Domenico.
Domenico said that two suspects were arrested at the scene and a third suspect a short time later.
Officers rushed to the initial scene after receiving reports of shots fired.
Prairie View High School was placed on lockdown after police found a vehicle matching the description of the suspect vehicle. Police are investigating possible student involvement.
A neighbor told CBS News Colorado's Alan Gionet that he saw two groups of teenagers arguing and then heard gunshots.
There was a large police presence outside the high school while officers worked with the school district on a controlled release for Wednesday afternoon.
Parents were concerned when they heard about the lockdown at the school.
"My daughter, she was like whispering but she was crying and she said, 'We don't know what's going on but they told us to take cover and hide' and that's all I heard I just said, 'I'm on my way,'" said parent Mario Villarreal.
Other schools in the area were placed on secure status during the response and investigation. Students at Prairie View were released to their parents and caregivers in an, at times, emotional reunion.
"She said at one point that the cops did come in with their weapons and they were scanning every child like every face and whatnot just to see I'm assuming if the kid was in there who they were looking for," said Villarreal.
27J Schools provided this statement to parents and guardians:
We wanted to provide an update on today's incident that prompted the placing of multiple schools on Secure status and Prairie View High School on lockdown.
This afternoon we were alerted by the Brighton Police Department that they received a report of a shooting at Ninth Avenue and Bush Street in Brighton. The incident was not at any 27J school or on school property. However, it was reported to involve a few students from Innovations and Options, Prairie View and Brighton High Schools.
Police put Brighton High School in a Secure in order to investigate. Several other area Brighton schools were put on a precautionary Secure as well. Prairie View High was put into Lockdown while police swept the building looking for a potential suspect. No such person was found and the school was released from Lockdown. Students at PVHS and BHS went back to their Advisory Classes before being released from school for the day. Buses ran on normal schedules.
Police found all suspects involved in the incident and they are in custody.
Counselors will be available tomorrow for students if needed.
