By Ava Kian, CPR News

Denver police on Friday identified the person fatally shot by police last week after officers responded to a call of a break-in at a residence near Interstate 225.

Thirty-seven-year-old Joseph Suddreth was shot after a back-and-forth with police officers. Officers believed he was armed with a knife, but a DPD investigation so far shows that he had a metal rod in his hands.

At about 1:50 a.m., police got a call from a person who said she saw someone on her camera breaking into her shed, according to Major Crimes Division Commander Matt Clark.

Clark said that when the two officers arrived, they saw someone moving in the shed.

After they told the individual to come out, he exited with what they believed to be a knife, Clark said. DPD said Friday that Suddreth did no

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