Colorado Officer Shot, Expected to Make Full Recovery

An officer with the Aurora (CO) Police Department was shot during a gunfight with a subject on Friday afternoon. The rounds that struck the officer reportedly were stopped by his ballistic vest.

An officer with the Aurora (CO) Police Department was shot during a gunfight with a subject on Friday afternoon. The rounds that struck the officer reportedly were stopped by his ballistic vest, according to the Denver Post.

Multiple people who were shot by the suspect, including a juvenile, were taken to a hospital, said Ken Forrest, a police spokesman.

The suspect was also shot.

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