DENVER — A 29-year-old man was arrested Monday on suspicion of attempted murder after an early morning shooting on Denver’s Auraria Campus, police said.

Aaron Verner was arrested on suspicion of two counts of attempted murder and assault after shooting an Auraria Campus police officer in the arm, according to the Denver Police Department.

The shooting happened about 1:18 a.m. Monday after two Auraria Campus police officers approached someone who was breaking into a car, according to a news release from the campus police department.

The person — later identified as Verner — fled. When campus officers found him later, he fired multiple shots at the pair and hit one of them in the arm, campus officials said in the release.

Officers fired a Taser at Verner when he resisted arrest, but it’s not clear if the Taser actually hit him, campus police said in the news release.

Verner fled on foot again after shooting the officer and was later arrested by Auraria Campus and Denver police officers, campus police said. He was taken to the hospital for evaluation.

The Auraria Campus is home to the University of Colorado Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver and Community College of Denver.

The entrance to Auraria Campus at Ninth Street and East Colfax Avenue was temporarily closed for the investigation but has since been reopened, campus police said. The RTD light rail station at Colfax and Auraria was also temporarily closed.

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