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. Earlier Sunday, the sheriff’s office said “multiple” deputies were wounded at the Copper Canyon Apartments after being called there to investigate a domestic disturbance. 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: Washington Post December 31, 2017 15:57 UTC