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Love Triangle Led To Deadly Police Shooting In Colorado

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) -- A confrontation over a love triangle led to a deadly police shooting in south suburban Denver earlier this month.

Arapahoe County officials say they were pursuing 18-year-old Allen Fanning on Nov. 15 after he reportedly pointed a gun at the husband of his 43-year-old girlfriend Christina Padilla. Officers surrounded Fanning's vehicle in Centennial, but he did not follow commands to get out.

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Sheriff's spokeswoman Julie Brooks tells The Denver Post officers broke the car window, Allen reached for a gun and deputies shot him. The gun was loaded.

The incident began when 43-year-old Shawn Tyree Glover saw his wife's car at a motel and slashed a tire. Later, Glover said he saw his wife and Allen at a tire shop, which is where Glover said Allen pointed the gun at him.

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Glover faces criminal mischief and domestic violence charges.

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