LAKEWOOD, Colo. A suspect who was taken into custody Monday after police issued a shelter-in-place in Lakewood had a handful of firearms and an improvised explosive device in his vehicle, police said in a news release Tuesday.
The suspect, 35-year-old Hawk Douglas, was wanted on several outstanding warrants. He was spotted Monday in the area of 6th Avenue and Kipling Street pushing a truck down the roadway when he was contacted by police.
top-stories.mp4After taking Douglas into custody, Lakewood police began an inventory of his vehicle in preparation for towing when agents found five firearms and a suspicious device believed to be an improvised explosive device, the release states.
Agents then secured the area and the shelter-in-place was issued. The Jefferson County Bomb Squad responded, collected the IED, and rendered it safe, according to police. The shelter-in-place was lifted about three hours later.
Douglas was jailed on several charges, including possession of an explosive/incendiary device, possession of a dangerous weapon, unlawful storage of a firearm, possession of an unserialized firearm, firearm theft, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The investigation is ongoing.
