🔥🔥 Juvenile shot in Longmont crashes vehicle, dies at hospital

A juvenile hit a traffic pole in Longmont and died after being shot while driving, police said.

The incident unfolded about 9 p.m. Friday, when an officer responded to Twin Peaks Square Shopping Center on a report of shots fired, the Longmont Police Department said in a news release.

When the officer arrived, a crowd had gathered at a “car meet up,” the release said.

A suspect was identified, with juveniles running to a car. The officer stopped the vehicle, and a backseat passenger got out and ran off, police said. Additional officers arrived and detained the juveniles who were still in the vehicle.

Police then received a report of a vehicle hitting a pole at Nelson Road and Hover Street, the release said. Officers arrived and found “a juvenile driver of a vehicle who had been shot.”

The juvenile, who was not identified, was taken to a hospital, where he died of his injuries, police said. The juveniles in the stopped vehicle were interviewed and released. Investigators have identified a suspect in the case. As of Saturday morning, no charges had been filed.

Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call Detective Daniel Kilian at 303-774-3693 or email daniel.kilian@longmontcolorado.gov.