2 dead in Denver after suspect shoots man then himself after chase, police say

Two men are dead in Denver after a suspect shot and killed a man, fled the scene, got into two separate crashes and then apparently killed himself, according to police.

The Denver Police Department says it got a call just before 9 a.m. about a shooting near West Arkansas Avenue and South Knox Court. When officers arrived, they found a man who was shot and pronounced him dead at the scene.

Witnesses described the suspect's vehicle and officers found it soon after. The department says a chase was authorized at 9:06 a.m. and the suspect crashed into a vehicle near South University Boulevard and Cherry Hills Farm Drive and then crashed again nearby.

A Denver police spokesman says officers found the suspect with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Three people were in the vehicle the suspect crashed into and all three appeared to be uninjured, according to police.

A car near the scene of the crash was upside down on the road and footage from CBS News Colorado's helicopter showed a white van crashed into a tree with an armored police vehicle near it.

Neither the suspect nor the shooting or crash victims were immediately identified.