By Rachel Riley
The Gazette
PARKER, Colo. — The man who died in an exchange of gunfire after shooting a Douglas County deputy on Friday has been identified as 40-year-old Randall Rodick.
About 2:30 p.m. Friday, deputies responded to reports of a suicidal subject near North Dixon Drive and East Pine Lane in Parker. While trying to leave the area in a motorhome, Rodick shot at the officers, who returned fire.
The deputy, Detective Daniel Brite, was hospitalized Friday. He was moved from the operating room to the intensive care unit that night, according to a tweet from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
Brite, who has worked for the office since April 2014, remained in the intensive care unit in critical condition Saturday morning, the Sheriff’s Office said.
“We are asking for continued prayers for Detective Brite during this critical time in his recovery, and for his wife, Christine, and their family, as well as all the officers involved in this situation,” Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock said in a statement. “These situations are difficult for any law enforcement officer. The suspect was highly armed and extremely dangerous and it is clear to me these officers likely prevented a larger scale incident which could have endangered more officers and citizens had he not been stopped. I’m very proud of them.”
Rodick, who was identified by the Douglas County Coroner’s Office on Saturday, lived near where the shooting occurred.
Three nearby schools, Sierra Middle, Pine Lane Intermediate and Pine Lane Elementary, were put on lockdown after the incident.
In addition to the Sheriff’s Office, Colorado State Patrol, Parker Police Department and South Metro Fire Authority originally responded to the incident. The Sheriff’s Office, as well as the 18th Judicial District Critical Response Team, which handles officer-involved shootings, and a group of regional detectives from Parker and Castle Rock police departments are investigating the shooting.