Denver police say a 21-year-old man has been arrested in the shooting death of a policewoman at a city park.
Police Chief Robert White said Monday that Rollen Oliver was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of 32-year-old Officer Celena Hollis on Sunday.
Hollis was a single mother.
Police say she was trying to break up a fight when she was shot in the head. She was in uniform and working off-duty.
White says investigators don't believe the shots were aimed at Hollis, but they're not sure.
Earlier, police said they arrested one man on a weapons charge but didn't believe he was involved in the officer's shooting.
It wasn't immediately clear if that was Oliver or someone else.
Suspect held in fatal shooting of Denver officer
POSTED: 04:35 AM MDT Jun 26, 2012
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