Police Wound Man Who Was Shooting in a Denver Street

Friday morning, Denver police received a phone call from a man who said he wanted to have a shoot out with them.

So warned, they approached the 2200 block of South Irving Street, with extreme caution.

When police arrived, they found a man armed with a rifle, who had placed propane tanks in the middle of the street.

He shot at the tanks, managing to get one to explode.

An officer shot and wounded the man, diffusing the situation.

Police closed down and evacuated the area, and called in the bomb squad, who found several more explosive devices, including at least one hand grenade.

Inside the man's home, they found two women, both of whom had been shot.

One of the women was dead, but the other was taken to the hospital for treatment.

No officers were harmed during the incident.