State licensed plastic surgeon charged in Sunday morning shooting spree

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A licensed plastic surgeon in the state of Colorado is facing charges stemming from a Sunday morning shooting spree that spanned four different locations and sent one man to the hospital.

Colorado Springs Police charged Rupesh Jain, 53, with five different felonies in connection to a shooting spree that injured one man on Sunday morning.

The charges are as follows:

  • Aggravated Robbery (F3)
  • 2nd Degree Assault (F4)
  • Two counts of Criminal Mischief, $20,000 – $100,000, (F4)
  • Criminal Mischief, $5,000, (F5)
  • Four counts of Illegal Discharge of a Firearm (F5)
  • 12 counts of Reckless Endangerment (M2)

The arrest affidavit states Colorado Springs Police officers originally received a call at 6:15 a.m. from a woman who said her friend had been shot through a wall. Once officers arrived on the scene they found Laken Duerschmidt, 25, with a gunshot wound in his right forearm.

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Officers say they found multiple shell casings on the floor, 12 bullet holes in one wall, along with mail addressed to Rupesh Jain.

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