Thornton officers shoot man allegedly armed, resisting arrest

Thornton police officers shot and injured an armed man allegedly resisting arrest Tuesday night.

Around 8 p.m. Tuesday, Thornton officers approached a man with a warrant in a parking lot in the 200 block of East 120th Avenue — just west of Interstate 25 near Webster Lake — according to a news release from the police department.

Officers told the man he was under arrest, but he refused to listen to officers and attempted to walk away, the news release stated.

The police department said officers fired a taser at the man, but it was “ineffective.” When the man allegedly pulled out a handgun in response, multiple officers shot him.

Paramedics transported the man to a hospital with “serious injuries,” police said in the release. An update on his condition was not available Wednesday morning.