AURORA — A man was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries after a shootout with Aurora police late Saturday.

Detective Robert Friel, Aurora police spokesman, said that shortly after 9 p.m. officers were responding to a report of a man breaking into a parked van in the 9300 block of East 19th Avenue. En route, two officers saw a man who matched a description of the suspect walking along 19th Avenue about two blocks from the address.

When the uniformed officers got out of their patrol car and identified themselves, the man pulled a handgun and fired two shots at them, Friel said. Neither officer was hit.

At least one officer returned fire, shooting multiple times. The man collapsed to the ground near a driveway.

It was initially believed that the suspect shot himself, but further investigation raised doubt about that.

The man was taken to a hospital, and the two officers were interviewed at police headquarters. They will be placed on paid administrative leave during an investigation into the shooting.

As midnight approached, detectives were going door to door in the neighborhood, interviewing witnesses and looking for possible bullet holes.