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A CHAOTIC SCENE UNFOLDS TODAY ALONG CENTRAL AVENUE. IT STARTED WITH AN ARMED ROBBERY... ENDS WITH THE SUSPECT KILLING HIMSELF AND -- IN BETWEEN -- THE RESCUE OF A BABY TRAPPED IN WHAT THE SWAT TEAM CALLS THE 'HOT ZONE'. SHELTON DODSON HAS BEEN WORKING THIS STORY FOR MORE THAN 6 HOURS... HE'S LIVE NEAR CENTRAL AND OLD COORS WITH THE LATEST... SHELTON IT STARTED JUST UP THE STREET FROM HERE WITH AN ARMED ROBBERY AT A RAPID RIDE STOP AT COORS AND CENTRAL. MINUTES LATER TWO SUSPECTS WERE UNDER ARREST... AND THE THIRD, LAYING DEAD ON A ROOFTOP: POLICE STOPPED THE ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECTS' CAR AT YUCCA AND CENTRAL AND IMMEDIATELY CAUGHT A MAN AND WOMAN AS THEY TOOK OFF ON FOOT. THEIR PARTNER THEN JUMPED INTO SOMEONE'S BACKYARD AND AS NEIGHBORS CAME OUT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON... THEY WALKED RIGHT INTO THE SWAT TEAM. : 'I was going to walk across the street and they were telling everyone to stay in their houses. They had guns so you better get back in the house.' : 'The third gunman ended up running up here to this corner house and taking one of my neighbors at gunpoint and walking him into the backyard and fortunately he let him go.' THE SUSPECT THEN JUMPED INTO ANOTHER BACKYARD AND RAN INTO ANOTHER WOMAN WHOSE ONE YEAR OLD BABY WAS STILL INSIDE HER HOME. POLICE PULLED HER ASIDE THEN -- WITH THE ARMED SUSPECT NOW ON THE ROOFTOP NEXT TO HER HOUSE -- WENT INSIDE AND RESCUED THE CHILD. : 'They were able to do a render safe operation where the child was brought into the safety of the officers so it all unfolded rather quickly.'AFTER THE CHILD WAS SAFE THE SWAT TEAM TRIED TO TALK THE MAN DOWN. INSTEAD HE PUT A GUN TO HIS CHEST AND FATALLY SHOT HIMSELF. BRINGING A DEADLY END TO A CRIME THAT NEIGHBORS SAY COULD HAVE TURNED OUT MUCH WORSE. : 'There were cops in everybody's yard and they were pointing their guns up here so it was pretty intense. A lot of chaos.' POLICE HAVE TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECTS BUT ARE WAITING TO RELEASE THEIR NAMES UNTIL THEY ARE VERIFIED. REPORTING LIVE FROM CENTRAL AND YUCCA ..., SHELTON DODSON, EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR. NOW TO A