Authorities say deputies wounded in a barrage of gunfire inside a Denver area apartment were forced to give up on a slain colleague and crawl to safety. The suspected gunman was also shot and the sheriff’s office says he’s believed to be dead. Authorities in Colorado say a number of deputies from a sheriff’s office in suburban Denver have been wounded. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said via its Twitter account that a major highway south of the city was shut down Sunday. The nature of the injuries to the Douglas County deputies wasn’t disclosed.

Source: National Post December 31, 2017 15:53 UTC