A teenager called 911 on himself in Colorado on Thursday night and responding officers fired "foam projectiles" at him before fatally shooting the young suspect, authorities said.

The 911 caller, "who is also the suspect in the incident," phoned in from a business in the 200 block of South Havana Street in Aurora and "threatened to shoot at" responding officers, according to a city police statement .

The teen allegedly ignored "instructions to show his hands" when one of the "officers used a 40mm less lethal launcher that fires foam projectiles, which had no effect on the suspect," police added.

The suspect, "believed to be 17," then charged at police when one of the officers opened fire and killed the teen, police said.

Thursday night's confrontation unfolded just 2 1/2 miles from

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