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A juvenile was shot by a Denver Police officer on Feb. 25 after officers responded to a report of a shooting near Paco Sanchez Park. He is expected to survive.
About 10:40 p.m. that night, Denver Police went to the area of West 13th Avenue and Lowell Boulevard after the shot spotter system detected shots fired. When officers arrived to the scene they found shell casings and confirmed shots had been fired, police said.
Officers searched the area and found a group of four males in nearby Paco Sanchez Park. The males began to run away.
One person dropped a gun, and another revealed a gun, police said. That's when an officer fired shots, hitting one person who was then taken to the hospital, according to Denver Police.
The other person was booked on charges of possession of a weapon by a previous offender. Due to their ages, the police did not provide the name of either person.
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