EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – On July 3, just after 10 p.m., a patrol deputy with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPSO) saw a car in the middle of South Highway 85, according to arrest records. Investigators say the driver, Eddie Jackson, told deputies his car was out of gas. The two passengers got out and helped to push the car to the side of the road while Jackson stayed in the passenger seat, according to sheriff’s deputies. The deputy took down the car’s plate and noted that the three people in the car all seemed cordial.
Later that night, just before 11, EPSO dispatch received a call that disconnected. Deputies were sent to the area where the call came from, and they called back the number that had initially called 911. Arrest records say the person who answered was winded and said someone had tried to rob them.
After that, deputies say a second caller contacted EPSO dispatch, saying that his son, Eddie Jackson, had called him, saying he was running and had to get out of there. This led deputies to go back to where they initially contacted Jackson on South Highway 85…