A New Year’s Eve confrontation between Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies and a gunman and a second, nearly identical incident three days later both ended in suicide, sheriff’s officials said.
Jefferson County sheriff’s officials asked residents in the 6500 block of South Weber Street, near Woodmar Square Park in Littleton, to shelter in place on New Year’s Eve afternoon as deputies responded to an armed barricade.
About three hours after the alarm was sounded, sheriff’s officials said the barricaded gunman killed himself.
Sheriff’s officials announced a second shelter-in-place order — this time, for the 12000 block of Critchell Lane in Conifer — around 3:30 p.m. Friday.
About two hours after the order was issued, for the second time in four days, sheriff’s officials announced that the gunman had committed suicide and lifted the shelter-in-place order.
No additional details about either case were available Sunday.
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