Police stando ends in suspect’s death

Ernesto Edward Gonzalez, 41, was killed in Englewood home

BY ELISABETH SLAY ESLAY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Arapahoe County Coroner’s O ce has released the name of a man killed during a SWAT stando in Englewood on July 18.

Ernesto Edward Gonzalez, 41, born Nov. 25, 1981, was pronounced dead at the scene and the manner of death was homicide — meaning a killing caused by the actions of another — the coroner’s o ce said on Monday.

Online court records show Gonzalez had a handful of criminal convictions from Adams County, Arapahoe County and Denver from 2002 to 2014, and was the subject of a few protection orders, but the court record is mostly marked by a large number of dismissed cases.

Gonzalez died at the end of a long stando involving Englewood police and other agencies.

Englewood’s SWAT team was called to assist Denver Police Department’s Fugitive Unit serve an arrest warrant at the 4100 block of South Cherokee Street on July 18.

“Once on scene, o cers spoke with family members who said that only one male was in the house,” according to an Englewood police press release.

After that, at 3:10 p.m., police said they issued a shelter-in-place noti cation for the area using the Arapalert emergency noti cation system. O cers then attempted to make contact with Gonzalez, including using verbal commands outside