Juan Ramos identified as man killed by police in Montbello

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The scene at East 46th Avenue and Dearborn Street. (Andrew Kenney/Denverite)

Juan Ramos is the man who was shot to death by police outside a home on East 46th Avenue in Montbello on Nov. 8, according to Denver's Office of the Medical Examiner.

The scene at East 46th Avenue and Dearborn Street. (Andrew Kenney/Denverite)

Police say that Ramos drew a gun and began firing on officers before he was shot. The officers were investigating a murder in Aurora that had happened the night before. (We have more detail in our story posted yesterday.) Police say that Ramos fired first; an Aurora officer was shot in the face but is expected to survive

Ramos was 23. He had just put a baby inside his car before the gunfire began, according to police.

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