Man fatally shot by Aurora officers responding to family disturbance

A -year-old man was shot and killed Saturday by Aurora police after pointing a gun at officers responding to a family disturbance according to the police department Aurora officers responded to the family disturbance in the block of East Arkansas Drive at about p m Saturday according to a news release from the police department The shooting happened just minutes later police stated When officers first arrived at the house they learned that a husband and wife had been arguing police disclosed in the release The couple separated and the husband went into the garage Officers were speaking to the husband about the disturbance when he pulled a gun out of a toolbox according to the release They gave the man multiple directions to drop the gun but he pointed it at officers instead police revealed That s when one officer who has not been publicly identified shot the husband Paramedics took the Aurora man to the hospital where he later died from his injuries police announced in a Sunday morning update He will be identified by the Arapahoe County Coroner s Office No officers were injured police announced Related Articles What we saw during hours with Denver police on th Street mall One killed in wrong-way I- crash in Adams County Thousands expected at No Kings protests across Colorado as tensions over immigration mount Strasburg boy ambushed sexually assaulted by students in locker room police say Parents of Magnus White Boulder cyclist killed by driver disappointed by -year sentence The officer who shot the husband was placed on paid administrative leave during the inspection into the shooting and use of force per department protocol police mentioned The th Judicial District Critical Happening Response Group is reviewing the shooting Anyone with information about the shooting is required to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at - - Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day