A Wheat Ride police officer was stabbed while responding to the report of a suspicious vehicle that damaged fence at an RV park.
— A Wheat Ride police officer was stabbed while responding to the report of a suspicious vehicle that damaged a fence at an RV park early Wednesday. A suspect was brought into custody, and the officer was being treated for serious injuries at the hospital.
According to Wheat Ride PIO Sara Spaulding, two officers initially responded to a at about 1 a.m. at The Prospect RV Park in the 11000 block of W 44th Ave, where a suspicious vehicle had reportedly been seen and damaged a fence. Investigators determined the suspicious vehicle at the scene to be a stolen U-Haul truck.
One of the officers approached the suspect and was stabbed multiple times, and the second officer quickly brought the suspect into custody before using the radio to call for support. Two more officers arrived and then more followed to keep their fellow officer alive in time for Arvada Fire Protection District to respond and take the seriously injured officer to the hospital for treatment.
Spaulding confirmed their officer was in surgery. She did not have information to share about the suspect when our CBS4 crew was at the scene early Wednesday morning.“I think one of the things that strikes me about the police department is they’re very much a family, so they care for each other. They look after each other. They’re well trained,” Spaulding said. “Part of that training includes carrying tourniquets with them.