INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A 72-year-old former Colorado neurosurgeon faces several charges of attempted murder after a Vero Beach shootout that left him and a U.S. Marshal wounded last week. Thomas Steffens, who was wanted on outstanding out-of-state warrants for sexual assault, was released from the hospital over the weekend, according to deputies.
“(Steffens) was released (from the hospital) and immediately taken to jail,” said Lt. Kevin Jaworski, a spokesperson for the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office.
Steffens, of Grand Junction, was arrested Saturday, March 7, on six counts of attempted first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer by discharging a firearm. He was also charged with resisting an officer with violence.
Steffens was held Tuesday, March 10, at the Indian River County Jail without bond…