According to a town of Windsor release just after 9 p.m. Sunday, Windsor police arrived at the AmercInn in Windsor, 7645 Westgate Dr., around 4:20 p.m., for a reported disturbance. Witnesses on scene reported a suspect was armed with a weapon. Windsor Severance Fire Rescue responded to the hotel at the same location after a fire alarm was activated. Officers attempted to contact the suspect, which resulted in officers exchanging gunfire with the suspect, according to the release.
The suspect was safely taken into custody and there were no injuries reported.
Larimer County Sheriff John Feyen told the Coloradoan the suspect was in custody shortly before 5:30 p.m.
"Once they made contact with the suspect, they took him into custody and did a slow clear of the rest of the hotel to make sure no one was injured and there was only one suspect," Feyen said in a nearby parking lot 10 minutes after he arrived on scene. "We are pretty confident that is the case this early into the investigation.''
In addition to the gunshot exchange, a Windsor police vehicle responding to the call collided with a vehicle at the intersection of Colorado 392 and Larimer County Road 5, just east of the shooting scene, Feyen said.
A Coloradoan reporter at the scene saw the Windsor police vehicle with front end damage resting at the southwest corner of the intersection while another vehicle suffered damage to its side in the westbound lanes of Colorado 392. The extent of injuries suffered in that crash wasn't known as of Sunday evening. Law enforcement blocked Colorado 392 from Larimer County Road 5 west to the Interstate 25 on- and off-ramps. The area remained block as of 9 p.m., according to the release.
The heavy law enforcement presence that stretched from I-25 east to Larimer County Road 5 included members of special tactical forces from the Larimer County Sheriff's Office, Fort Collins police and Weld County Sheriff's Office along with fire and medical first responders.
"The call came in and it was aired regionally, so you have law enforcement on duty and off-duty that responds,'' Feyen said.
The Loveland Police Department is the lead investigating agency, according to the release.