Trinidad Police are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting Sunday morning. At approximately midnight on May 21, 2023, officers responded to 1421 San Juan on a call of a man with warrants.

When officers arrived, they heard voices coming from the trailer in the driveway of the property. Officers knocked on the door and spoke with a woman. The woman stated that there was no one else in the trailer.

As officers questioned her, she became uncooperative and was detained. Officers told her that they had heard another voice before they knocked and she admitted that there was someone else in the trailer.

Officers looked in a window of the trailer and saw a man moving around. An officer opened the door and ordered him to get out of the trailer. Officers then heard several gunshots and took cover. Officers fired back at the man as he ran from the trailer toward the house. The man did not follow multiple commands from officers to stop, to show his hands and to drop the gun.

Additional shots were fired by the officers, hitting the man. Officers then detained him and provided first aid until paramedics arrived.

The man was transported to Mt. San Rafael Hospital and later died. His name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

Another man that was in the house was also shot. He was transported to the hospital where he was treated and released.

Per department policy, the officers involved have been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. Colorado Bureau of Investigation is assisting with the investigation.