The Brighton Police Department is investigating a fatal domestic disturbance that happened on Sunday night.
The incident happened in the area of Beldock Street and Chavez Street, according to Brighton Police Department.
Police responded to a disturbance in which a 48-year-old man fired a gun inside a home, BPD said. The suspect barricaded himself inside the home, police said, while police tried to communicate with him.
Commerce City-Brighton SWAT team and crisis negotiators tried to communicate with the suspect, police said, but the man fired “several shots” at police. BPD said the officers did not return fire. No officers were injured during the incident, BPD said.
“After repeated attempts over the course of several hours to contact the suspect and have him exit the residence safely, officers entered the home and located the male deceased with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound,” police said.
Police did not release the identity of the suspect at this time.
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