DU Police Drama Ends -- Two Suspects Still at Large

After nearly four hours Denver Police have dispersed, so it appears that the drama near DU seems to be at an end. Cops cordoned off 16 blocks in the college neighborhood Wednesday as they searched for two male burglary suspects.

The bad news: It appears the suspects eluded capture. The good news: two other suspects are in custody.

Denver Police Spokesperson Sonny Jackson says at around 11 a.m. an off-duty officer in the area of Asbury and Lafayette spotted a suspicious vehicle. The officer believed the four people inside the vehicle were casing the homes in the area, according to Jackson. When the off-duty officer attempted to stop the vehicle at least two people took off from the car. The other two were apprehended at the scene.

 K9 units and SWAT were on hand and searched throughout the neighborhood and inside several  houses. Police units maintained a presence on every street corner andTV news crews on were on hand. Asbury Elementary School was under a modified lockdown during the police hunt.

The University of Denver neighborhood has been riddled with burglaries over the past year. Neighbors and students have expressed a lot of frustration with the ongoing crime wave. In particular students are being targeted, because they have computers, sports equipment and newer electronic equipment. Police have said that students also tend to be more lax when it comes to locking up their homes and possessions.

One DU student, who was among the crowd watching police block off streets on Wednesday, reported that discriminating burglars squeezed through the small dog door of her home one night last week and stole only Apple computers, ipod, etc. Fortunately she and her rommate were not home at the time.