Update: The Fall River Entrance reopened late Tuesday evening, officials wrote in an email.
Rocky Mountain National Park officials closed one of the park’s entrances Wednesday after a ranger and a driver exchanged gunfire nearby.
A park ranger made a traffic stop at approximately 10:15 a.m. near the park’s Fall River Entrance on U.S. 34 and the ranger and a person in the car exchanged gunfire, Colorado State Patrol spokesman Trooper Josh Lewis said.
The ranger was shot but the bullet was stopped by the ranger’s ballistic vest, which prevented serious injury, Rocky Mountain National Park spokeswoman Kyle Patterson said in a news release. One of the suspects was wounded in the gunfire and transported to a hospital. The other suspect was not injured and was taken into custody.
The driver and the passenger were reported to be involved in a vehicle pursuit earlier Wednesday morning outside the park, Patterson said.
Park officials after the shooting closed the Fall River Entrance and the stretch of U.S. 34 between the entrance and Deer Ridge Junction. The entrance remained closed Wednesday afternoon.
The FBI will lead the investigation into the incident, Patterson said.
