Suspect linked to shooting of Denver cop has died, police say
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Rodney Smith of the Hickman Police Department was found dead in a flooded field Saturday, March, 3, 2018. (iStock)
A suspect linked to Wednesday night’s shooting of a Denver police officer has died, Denver police said Thursday.
The still-unidentified suspect was taken to a hospital after an exchange of gunfire with police near the Colorado state Capitol.
The police officer, who also has not been identified, was shot in a leg and was treated and released from a hospital Wednesday night, Denver’s Fox 31 reported.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Two bystanders suffered “minor injuries,” but details were not available, the station reported.
According to police, the officer involved was on routine bicycle patrol when flagged down about a robbery at a nearby 7-Eleven store just before 8 p.m.
The officer saw the suspect and began to approach him when gunfire was exchanged.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}It’s not clear who fired first, but witnesses described a chaotic scene.
“We were scared to hear all those shots,” witness Ladel Mack told the Denver Post.