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Barricaded suspect in Jeffco taken into custody

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — Deputies in Jefferson County took a possibly armed suspect who was barricaded in someone’s home Saturday afternoon into custody without incident, the sheriff’s office said.

A shelter-in-place order was put in place for a quarter-mile radius around the house in the 3200 block of Beech Court in Golden, but then lifted after the situation was resolved.

According to the Jeffco Sheriff’s Office, at 33rd Avenue and Arbutus Street, a patrol vehicle contacted the suspect in a stolen vehicle. The suspect ran away and entered the house.

The resident of the house was able to exit it safely after the suspect entered.

SWAT assisted on scene with the sheriff’s office deputies.

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