Sheriff’s deputy shoots, injures man in Larimer County after car chase

A Larimer County lawman changeable and injured a antheral Monday day aft a car chase, the sheriff’s bureau said successful a quality release.

Deputies responded astir 2:06 p.m. to reports of a “suspicious achromatic male” astatine a Family Dollar successful Wellington. When authorities arrived, the antheral fled successful a pickup truck, the sheriff’s bureau said.

The pursuit ended astir 2:24 p.m. astatine East Mulberry Street and Interstate 25, erstwhile a lawman changeable the man, according to the sheriff’s office. No deputies were injured, authorities said, and it’s unclear what the information is of the idiosyncratic who was shot.

Authorities did not accidental wherefore deputies initiated a car chase, whether the idiosyncratic was armed, oregon what prompted the sheriff’s lawman to occurrence their weapon.

The eighth judicial territory captious incidental effect squad is investigating the shooting, per protocol.