An Arvada police officer was fatally shot early Sunday while “responding to a large family disturbance” near the city’s border with Denver and Wheat Ridge.
The Arvada Police Department said the officer, Dillon Michael Vakoff, was responding to the call on the 6700 block of West 51st Avenue when he was killed. That’s just northeast of the Interstate 76 and Interstate 70 interchange.
Arvada police Chief Link Strate said officers “arrived to a chaotic scene, with multiple people in the street” when the suspect began firing a gun.
Police said a suspect, who was wounded in an exchange of gunfire with police, was in custody and that “there is no threat to the community.”
The suspect is expected to survive his injuries. His name was not immediately released.
A woman was also shot and wounded by the suspect, police said. She, too, is expected to survive her injuries.
Vakoff was 27 years old. He started with the Arvada Police Department in 2019 after serving in the Air Force for six years. He was a 2012 graduate of Ralston Valley High School in Arvada.
COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Two deputies with the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office were killed Thursday evening after being shot, Sheriff Craig D. Owens said.
Owens said the deputies were serving a warrant on Thursday night when they were ambushed.
Cobb County court officials identified the men arrested Friday as Christopher Cook and Christopher Golden. The two made their first appearance in court on Friday afternoon.
The Cobb County Sheriff’s Office and the Cobb County Police Department held a joint press conference immediately following the first appearance.
Investigators identified the deputies as Jonathan Koleski and Marshall Ervin, Jr.
“What I can tell you in this moment is this — in plain terms it is simple, my two deputies were ambushed this evening and killed,” Owens said. “The two suspects we believe are the perpetrators of this crime are currently in custody and are being held at the Cobb County Police Department for questioning.”
The sheriff’s office clarified Friday that the deputies were at the Marietta home to arrest Cook on an outstanding warrant for felony theft by receiving. As they were attempting to take him into custody, Golden started shooting at officers from inside the home. The deputies fired back, but both were shot and killed.
Golden has been charged with three counts of felony murder and three counts of aggravated assault of an officer.
Three people were arrested after they allegedly stole kids’ boots from a department store and intentionally rammed an Oak Brook police car head-on before leading officers on a high-speed chase.
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