Northern Colorado law enforcement shot and injured a man running from deputies in a town north of Fort Collins on Sunday, according to the sheriff’s office.
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Larimer County deputies responded to a home in the 8200 block of Fourth Street in Wellington shortly before 2:30 p.m. Sunday to contact a man wanted on several felony warrants, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.
The man was inside the home and ignored deputies’ orders to exit, sheriff’s officials said.
Several hours later, around 7 p.m., the man left the home and ran from law enforcement, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies ran after him, found him in a nearby yard and shot him.
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Additional information about the events leading up to the shooting was not available.
Paramedics took the man, who has not been publicly identified, to the hospital with unknown injuries, sheriff’s officials said. Law enforcement did not specify how many deputies shot at the man, how many times he was struck or where he was injured.
No other injuries were reported, sheriff’s officials said in the release.
The Eighth Judicial District Critical Incident Response Team is investigating the shooting.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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