Wounded DPD Officers Walk Free From Hospital To Applause

DENVER, CO – Both of the officers allegedly shot Sunday by a barricaded suspect were released from the hospital this week, to the cheers and applause of their Denver Police comrades.

Officer Richard Jaramillo was released Wednesday from Denver Health Medical Center, and on Friday Officer Steve Gameroz was released. Both were captured on video as law enforcement friends and family waved, clapped and cheered.

A motorcade of police motorcycle officers accompanied Gameroz's car as it whisked him away from the hospital.

Both officers were struck with bullets when they responded on Sunday around 11:30 a.m. to a report of shots fired in the 600 block of Inca Street. Jaramillo and Gameroz were shot in front of a house, allegedly by resident Joseph Quintana, 35. The officers were dragged to safety by their fellow officers and taken to Denver Health Medical Center, only a few blocks away, police said.

Quintana then barricaded himself in the house for hours, then allegedly set the house on fire. Police ended up using tear gas and K9 dogs finally took the him into custody, while Denver Fire emergency workers were putting out the fire.

Quintana was wounded by a self-inflicted gunshot, authorities said. He was taken to Denver Health Medical Center where he later died of his injuries. The Denver Medical Examiner said Quintana's manner of death was suicide.

Related: Suspect Dead After Armed Standoff, Tear Gas, Fire: Police

Related: Barricaded Man Arrested After Tear Gas, K9, Fire, Shootout

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