4 Lakewood police agents shot, 1 killed on RTD bus near Colfax Avenue

Four Lakewood police agents were shot, one fatally, during a gunfight with a suspect near Colfax Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard on Thursday night. Officers responded to a report of a suspicious person at about 6:30 p.m. when the suspect attempted to board an RTD bus, according to Police PIO John Romero. The suspect was also killed, and a civilian was injured. Graham joined the department in early 2019 and served on the major crimes team, handling “some of our community’s most serious crimes, including homicide, domestic violence, and stalking,” Smith said. In 2023, Graham received the Special Investigations Unit Wingman Award for his gang intelligence work and assistance with major SWAT cases. Smith noted that Graham came from a police family, with his father recently retiring from the department and his mother working in the crime lab. The officer killed in the shooting was identified as 33-year-old Agent Nicholas Allen Graham, according to Lakewood Police Chief Philip Smith.

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