Ten folks have been wounded in a mass taking pictures early Tuesday in Denver in an space the place basketball followers had been celebrating the Nuggets first NBA title win, police stated, and a suspect was taken into custody.
The taking pictures occurred about 12:30 a.m. — about three-and-a-half hours after the sport — and three of the injured have been in essential situation, the Denver Police Department stated in a press release. The suspect, a person, was one of many seven individuals who suffered accidents believed to be non-life-threatening.
The taking pictures occurred a few mile from Ball Arena, the place the Nuggets defeated the Miami Heat on Monday night time.
“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 stated. “It did occur in the area where we had largest gathering of folks celebrating during the night.”
The space was taped off and proof markers have been on the scene.
A small crowd was within the space on the time of the taking pictures, he stated, however had “diminished quite a bit at that point.” He stated the taking pictures was in an space the place lots of people might need come out of bars after the sport.
Police have been interviewing witnesses and Schepman described the continued investigation “expansive.”
