One man died and a second man was arrested early Saturday after the two suspects in a road-shooting incident in Arvada tried to ram the officers, police said.

The names of the suspects were not released.

“They were trying to ram the officers. Fortunately, the two officers were not hurt,” said Arvada police spokeswoman Jill McGranahan.

An argument between two groups of people broke out at the Hoffbrau Bar and Grill at 7699 W. 88th Ave. in Westminster about 2 a.m., which is closing time, McGranahan said.

Three men and a woman left the bar in one car and were westbound on West 80th Avenue near Pierce Street when they saw two men in a a silver Audi following them, McGranahan said.

Gunshots were fired from the Audi at the four people in the other car, she said. The victims called police and gave a description of the suspect’s car.

Police spotted the suspect car twice — once at West 66th Avenue and Iris Street and a second time at Oberon and Carr streets. Upon the first sighting, police did not chase the Audi because conditions were too dangerous. The second time, Arvada police chased the car for about 30 blocks and then lost track of it, McGranahan said.

“We have very specific rules of engagement,” she said. Officers repeatedly discontinue chases when they become too dangerous, she said.

About 4 a.m., Arvada policemen spotted the Audi a third time at West 72nd Avenue and Miller Street. The suspects sped away in the car again, turning north on Miller, McGranahan said.

But Miller quickly dead-ends there. The driver in the suspect car spun the vehicle around and sped directly toward two officers who had stopped at West 72nd to block the suspects’ escape.

“They were coming head-on toward the police officers,” McGranahan said. “The two officers opened fire. Several shots were fired.”

Again, police lost track of the suspects because it was too dangerous to pursue them at the time, she said. Forty minutes later, about 4:40 a.m., police officers spotted the Audi with broken windows pulled over at West 62nd Avenue and Dover Street.

Four officers arrested the driver without further incident. The man had cuts from broken glass. The other suspect was dead in the passenger seat, McGranahan said.

“We don’t know if the officers shot the suspect or if he shot himself,” she said.

Independent investigators will review the shootings, she said.