A Loveland man wanted on domestic violence warrants refused hours of SWAT announcements and negotiation on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, then walked out the back of his home on Banyan Avenue with a revolver and fired at officers. The Loveland Police Department released this Critical Incident Briefing with body-worn camera, drone footage and police radio traffic. The account below is the department’s own.
Just before 10:30 a.m., a 46-year-old Loveland woman called to report that her husband had threatened her with a gun at their home that morning. She told officers he pointed a silver handgun at her and threatened to shoot and kill her. Officers obtained a recorded conversation in which, the department says, he acknowledged: “Yep, I threatened you.”
Officers established probable cause for felony menacing, prohibited use of a weapon and domestic violence. Arrest and search warrants were signed shortly after 4:30 p.m. and assigned to the Loveland SWAT team with the crisis negotiations team, citing his reported firearm, the threat, and statements indicating possible self-harm, including references to suicide by cop.
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SWAT arrived just before 6 p.m. and made repeated announcements. He came to the rear sliding door, then went back inside. On the phone with negotiators he claimed he was at an address in Fort Collins. Negotiators made more than two dozen attempts to reach him. At about 6:45 p.m. officers deployed tear gas.
Just after 7:15 p.m. he came out the rear doors holding a silver handgun. He set it near a chair and lit a cigarette. Officers kept giving commands and fired less-lethal munitions to separate him from the gun. The department says he then picked the handgun up, pointed it toward several officers and fired. Two officers returned fire. He died at the scene. A .32 caliber Smith and Wesson revolver was recovered beside him.
The department says both officers have been cleared by the District Attorney’s Office.
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