Video: Colo. Police Take Down Gunman who Fired on Officers Twice

What to know

  • Colorado Springs police were responding to a shots-fired call when they confronted a 51-year-old armed, who fired at officers twice before being fatally shot.
  • Body camera footage shows the suspect ignored commands to drop his weapon and fired at officers a second time after being shot.
  • No officers were injured in the incident, which is under investigation.

By Mackenzie Bodell

Body-camera footage released by the Colorado Springs Police Department Friday shows the man involved in a June 23 shooting fired at law enforcement twice before he was shot and killed by officers.

Police said the incident started with a shots-fired call around 1 a.m. near an apartment complex in the 1400 block of Michelle Court, near South Murray Boulevard. The reporting party told officers a man was “firing a gun into the air.”…

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