Denver police officers responding to reports of shots fired at a home near Curtis Park this weekend found several small children and recovered a modified 9 mm MAC-11 handgun.

Officers called to the 1100 block of 32nd Street Saturday night also arrested at least two men and, concerned for the children’s welfare, investigated their mother and aunt for possible child endangerment, Denver police said.

Kendrick Shaw, 21, was arrested for drug violations, and Michael Johnson, 28, was arrested for violating a protection order, police spokesman John White said Monday. A woman found outside the home, who allowed officers to search it, was temporarily held for investigation of weapons possession by a prior offender but released after further investigation showed she did not have a previous felony conviction.

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