BOULDER — Boulder police shot and injured a man who was reportedly firing a gun into Boulder Creek at the Broadway bridge in downtown shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday and are searching for another man who fled the scene.

Police spokeswoman Shannon Cordingly said police received multiple 911 calls about 2:15 p.m. about a man shooting into the creek. Authorities responded to the Boulder Creek Path off Broadway between Arapahoe Avenue and Canyon Boulevard.

Police officers approached the man, he raised his gun at them and an officer shot him, Cordingly said.

“When we responded, that person did point a gun at our officers,” Cordingly said.

The man was taken to Boulder Community Health, she said, adding that she didn’t know his condition.

A second man ran away during the incident, and police were still searching for him.

“We don’t know if that person was a witness or a second suspect,” Cordingly said.

About 20 minutes after the first incident, she said, another shot was reported in nearby Central Park. It’s not clear if the two incidents were related, she said.

She said no one other than the suspect was injured.

Police officers with rifles continued to patrol the area, with Central Park and the surrounding creek path closed.

Lindsay Callaway, who works at Alfalfa’s Market, was down by the creek on her lunch break when she walked to the water and saw a man under the Broadway bridge who “looked angry.”

She said she didn’t think anything of it and sat on the bank to write in her journal, then heard a bullet ricochet.

“Everyone was screaming and leaving,” she said.

She said she saw two police officers shoot the man, then stay with him until paramedics arrived.

“Gun violence is not what you expect here,” she said. “It’s so peace-loving.”

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