A Week After Shooting, Detective’s Condition ‘Critical, But Responsive’

PARKER, Colo. (CBS4) – Very critical, but responsive. That’s how surgeons at Parker Adventist Hospital are describing the condition of Douglas County Deputy Dan Brite.
Detective Dan Brite (credit: Douglas County Sheriff’s Office)
A week ago a 40-year-old man known to police shot Brite, a detective, in his chest and caused serious internal injuries. Officers were responding to a call of an armed man in area near a school.
What started as a call for a suicidal man quickly turned