An armed man broke into the constructing that homes the Colorado Supreme Court docket in Denver, Colorado early Tuesday morning and opened hearth inside earlier than surrendering to police, in line with the Colorado State Patrol.
The incident resulted in “important and intensive injury” to the constructing, the company stated in a press launch. Authorities do not consider it is linked to earlier threats made to Colorado Supreme Court docket justices, the discharge stated.
The ordeal started round 1:15 a.m. native time, the suspect was concerned in a two-vehicle crash and pointed a handgun on the different driver, the press launch stated. Shortly after, the person shot out a window exterior of the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Heart, which is the place the Colorado Supreme Court docket, Colorado Court docket of Appeals and different authorized and judicial companies function.
The suspect entered the constructing and encountered an unarmed safety guard, the press launch stated.
“The person held the safety guard at gunpoint and demanded entry to different elements of the constructing,” Colorado State Patrol stated. “The person obtained keys from the safety guard and proceeded into different elements of the constructing and accessed an unknown variety of flooring.”
Officers with the Denver Police Division and Colorado State Patrol troopers responded to the scene and arrange a fringe. The suspect then went to the seventh flooring of the constructing the place he fired extra photographs.
“At roughly 3:00 a.m., the suspect referred to as 911 and voluntarily surrendered to police,” Colorado State Patrol stated. “He was positioned in custody with out additional incident. There are not any accidents to constructing occupants, the suspect, or police personnel.”
The suspect was taken to a neighborhood hospital to be examined by medical personnel.
Colorado’s Supreme Court docket justices have obtained a flood of threats since they dominated that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to look on the state’s Republican major poll as a presidential candidate.
The FBI stated in December that it was working to handle and examine the threats, with a spokesperson saying in an announcement that the bureau would “pursue investigations of any menace or use of violence dedicated by somebody who makes use of extremist views to justify their actions no matter motivation.”
The state’s excessive courtroom, which consists of seven justices, was closed on Tuesday, in line with its web site.
The courtroom didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.