US: 9 injured in mass capturing in Denver, suspect taken into custody

By Associated Press: Nine folks had been wounded in a mass capturing early Tuesday in Denver in an space the place basketball followers had been celebrating the Nuggets first NBA title win, police mentioned, and a suspect was taken into custody.

The capturing occurred about 12:30 a.m. — about 3 1/2 hours after the sport — and three of the injured had been in vital situation, the Denver Police Department mentioned in a press release. The suspect, a person, was one of many six individuals who suffered accidents believed to be non-life-threatening.

The capturing occurred a couple of mile from Ball Arena, the place the Nuggets defeated the Miami Heat on Monday night time.

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“As far as what led up to this altercation that resulted in the shots being fired, that’s still under investigation at this time,” police spokesperson Doug Schepman mentioned. “It did occur in the area where we had largest gathering of folks celebrating during the night.”

A small crowd was within the space on the time of the capturing, he mentioned, however had “diminished quite a bit at that point.” He mentioned the capturing was in an space the place lots of people might need come out of bars after the sport.

Police had been interviewing witnesses and Schepman described the continuing investigation “expansive.”