Man killed in police shooting appeared to have a gun, but it was an airsoft gun

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) has released body camera footage of a police shooting that occurred on Aug. 22, 2025.

CSPD says that around 2:48 p.m. on the 22nd, they located a car belonging to a suspect who was wanted for first-degree kidnapping.

The police department says detectives began trailing the car. CSPD says the parked in the 1100 block of Branding Iron Circle, and officers approached the car to put the suspect under arrest. CSPD says the suspect, 42-year-old Cole Vannuci, refused to exit the car and tried to drive away…

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