Police in the San Luis Valley town of Monte Vista shot and killed an 18-year-old Tuesday after the teen jumped out of a window gripping two knives and ran at officers, swinging the blades at them, state and local authorities said.
Monte Vista police had been dispatched to conduct a welfare check Tuesday afternoon at the site and used a Taser to try to subdue the young man before shooting him, Colorado Bureau of Investigation officials said in a news release.
The 18-year-old has not been publicly identified.
The CBI will be looking into what happened as part of a state review.
Two members of the Monte Vista Police Department have been placed on leave pending the outcome of the review.
One police officer sustained minor injuries.
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