ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. — A woman who police said was the suspect in a July 24 shooting in Denver was fatally shot by a deputy at an apartment complex Friday afternoon, the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) said.
She was identified Tuesday as 52-year-old Lisa Bernadette Garcia.
The shooting happened about 4:15 p.m. on Sept. 3 at the Ivy Crossing apartments near South Quebec Street and East Harvard Avenue, ACSO Deputy John Bartmann said.
The woman pointed a handgun at deputies but did not fire the weapon, Bartmann said.
It started when a task force was at the complex searching for a suspect who was wanted in a shooting that happened in the 4700 block of Vine Street on July 24, according to the Denver Police Department (DPD). A 41-year-old woman was killed in that shooting.
Deputies approached the woman in a common area of the apartment complex. Bartmann said she first ran away, then stopped, turned and pointed the handgun. At least one deputy shot and killed her, Bartmann said.
No deputies were injured in the shooting.
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