(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) arrested a man after he assaulted an paramedic during a tense situation on Sunday, Nov. 2.
Around 3 p.m. on Nov. 2, medical personnel called for police assistance in the 4800 block of Briargate Parkway, near North Powers Boulevard. According to the official CSPD report, a patient, now identified as Sherwin Kabinto, had assaulted a paramedic before he began an alleged suicide attempt by jumping off the Powers Boulevard Bridge.
A CSPD official later said that the Powers Blvd. and Briargate Pkwy intersection had to be closed for roughly an hour while officers safely talked Kabinto down. Once away from the bridge, CSPD arrested Kabinto for 2nd Degree Assault…