Machete Menacer, Shot By Lakewood Cops, Is In JeffCo Jail

LAKEWOOD, CO – A man who was Tasered and shot by Lakewood police agents after refusing to drop a machete he was allegedly waving at cars and pedestrians is out of the hospital and being held in Jefferson County jail.

Alfred Lee Vallejos, 46, is facing charges of felony menacing with a deadly weapon. He is being held on $10,000 bond.

On April 29, Vallejos was shot by Lakewood agents in the middle of Sheridan Road (the dividing border between Denver and Lakewood) around 3 p.m. Police spokesman John Romero said Vallejos was armed with a "very large knife" and repeatedly refused to put the weapon down.

Initially, callers had reported Vallejos was threatening pedestrians and cars near West 4th Avenue and North Harlan Street, close to a school bus drop-off area. Vallejos ran from police, who chased him to West 3rd Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard.

After repeated orders to drop the knife, a Lakewood police agent deployed a Taser, but Vallejos still refused to comply, police said. He was shot by at least one Lakewood agent, Romero said. He was immediately transferred to a hospital. No agents were injured in the incident.

The officer-involved shooting is being investigated by the Denver Police Department and the Jefferson County District Attorney's office.

Vallejos is next scheduled for a court date on May 10.

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