Suspect pulls gun and is shot dead by Jefferson County deputy on I-76 off ramp

A antheral was changeable dormant Thursday day by a Jefferson County Sheriff’s lawman erstwhile the fishy pulled a gun, authorities said.

12:30 p.m. – An incidental is successful advancement astatine Sheridan off-ramp and I76, delight debar the area. More details to follow. pic.twitter.com/OSFYxh9I6f

— Jeffco Sheriff (@jeffcosheriffco) September 2, 2021

The shooting happened astatine astir noon connected the eastbound disconnected ramp from Interstate 76 onto Sheridan Boulevard, said Karlyn Tilley, a sheriff’s spokeswoman.

Dispatchers received telephone calls astir a antheral lasting adjacent to a motorcycle connected the ramp enarthrosis and deputies responded to the area, Tilley said. As a lawman approached the suspect  “he pulled a weapon from his waistband and shots were fired.”

The fishy died and the lawman was not injured, Tilley said. The motorcycle astatine the country has been reported stolen. An probe is ongoing.