An hours-long standoff involving a naked man that prompted the Greenwood Village Police Department to evacuate multiple rooms at a hotel off Arapahoe Road as well as call in the SWAT team has ended.
The suspect, identified as 38-year-old Jason Day from Granby, was seen being wheeled away from the La Quinta Inn off Arapahoe Road and Boston Street on a gurney Monday afternoon.
Greenwood Village Police Department spokesperson Crystal Dean said he was first spotted running in the nude through the hallway of the hotel at around 3:30 a.m. Monday.
Day barricaded himself in a room where officers arrived, which is what prompted the evacuations, since it was unclear what he had inside with him, according to Dean.
At around 6 a.m., Dean said Day started throwing furniture out the window of his hotel room. He later ripped a toilet from the wall, forcing more evacuations since it caused flooding on the lower floors.
Police believed Day was alone but were concerned because of his prior criminal record, Dean said.
Because the hours-long standoff was occupying a large part of the Greenwood Village Police Department’s resources, officers called in the SWAT team for help.
Those officers breached Day's room at around 4:30 p.m. with a K9. He surrendered quickly, Dean said.
Multiple guests were displaced due to the incident, many couldn't access the parking lot to get their cars, and some people missed flights, according to Dean.
It's unclear what caused Day to create the disturbance in the first place. Dean couldn't say what charges he could receive.
Day was transported to the hospital for a medical evaluation and will be held on a warrant until those charges are filed.
