Cherry Hill Cop Shot In Home Invasion, Expected To Make Recovery

CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, CO – An officer shot while responding to a home invasion in Cherry Hills Village is being treated in a hospital and expected to make a recovery, police said. Officers are searching for four people they say were involved with the home invasion, burglary and gunfire exchange that took place Monday night.

Around 11 p.m., officers responded to a hang-up 911 call at an address in the first block of Sedgwick Drive. Officer Cory Sack, a seven-year veteran of the Cherry Hills Village police, encountered two men in the home, who were armed. They exchanged gunfire, and Sack was struck in the leg and heel, police said. He was taken to Swedish Memorial Center where he had surgery early Tuesday morning and is expected to recover.

The family living in the house was able to escape, but two men, described as black males wearing black clothing, fled and were not found. Police believe there are a total of four people involved in the incident.

Neighbors were told to "shelter in place" until the next morning. Police recovered a stolen car near the house.

“All the residents of the house are now safe,” said Cherry Hills Village Police Chief Michelle Tovrea on Tuesday.

Tovrea told reporters that there has never been a Cherry Hills Village officer shot in the line of duty before. The tiny town in Arapahoe County southeast of Denver has a population fewer than 6,700 residents.

Image via Cherry Hills Village Police

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