Colorado deputy takes out armed man during ‘active shooter’ call at family entertainment center

A sheriff’s deputy in Colorado shot and killed a man wielding a firearm during an “active shooter" call at a family entertainment center on Saturday night, authorities said.

The first deputy to arrive at the scene encountered a male wielding a gun in the parking lot, according to the sheriff’s office. The man refused to comply with the deputy’s orders to drop the weapon and turned toward the deputy, who subsequently fired and struck the man.

Despite deputies performing life-saving measures on the man, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.