(COLORADO SPRINGS) — A 16-year-old boy found dead in a car after a shooting that occurred near Hancock Expressway and South Academy Boulevard on Saturday, Feb. 8 has been identified, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD).
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According to CSPD, officers responded to the 3700 block of El Morro Road on Saturday around 11 a.m. on reports of shots fired. Officers found evidence that a gun had been fired but found no victims. Around half an hour later, they got another call about shots fired a couple of blocks south of the first location, in the 2600 block of Granada Drive.
When officers arrived, they found two victims inside a car, one dead and the other injured. The injured person was taken to the hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries, according to CSPD.
On Monday, Feb. 10, the El Paso County Coroner’s Office identified the deceased victim as a 16-year-old boy. The Coroner’s Office will determine the cause and manner of the death, but it is being investigated as a homicide. As the victim was underage, his identity will not be released in accordance with Riley’s Law…