BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - The Latest on the capture of a man who apparently shot himself and fled from police in Boulder (all times local):
2:30 p.m.
Boulder police say a man who apparently shot himself in the head and then fled from officers was found after an all-night search aided by a television news helicopter.
Thirty-four-year-old Russell Daniels was found bloodied but alive Wednesday morning and taken to a hospital.
Police went to check out a suspicious motorhome parked on a street Tuesday night and found out it was registered to Daniels, whom police say has an extensive criminal history and is wanted in an out-of-state drug case. They say Daniels refused to come out but a woman he had been ordered to stay away ran outside. Officers say Daniels fired four rounds before moving to the back of the motorhome out of sight.
Police say officers didn’t fire back and used their bodies to shield the woman as she escaped. They say an officer was allowed to fly in the chopper shared by Denver TV stations and communicated with SWAT teams on the ground.
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8:10 a.m.
A man who apparently shot himself and then fled from police in Boulder is in custody after an all-night search that shut down major roadways.
Thirty-four-year-old Russell Daniels was found Wednesday morning and put into an ambulance.
Police got a report about a suspicious motorhome and found it was registered to Daniels, whom police say has an extensive criminal history and is wanted in an out-of-state drug case. When they went there Tuesday around 10:30 p.m., they say Daniels refused to come out but a woman he had been ordered to stay away from ran outside. Officers immediately didn’t go inside but say Daniels fired four rounds before moving to the back of the motorhome out of sight. Police say they later found a significant amount of blood inside.
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