Overview
- Police say the chase began around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday after a pickup was reported stolen in Monument.
- Officers tracked the truck south on I-25 using OnStar data as a Colorado State Patrol aircraft followed from above.
- Troopers staged a grappler near mile marker 110 before the driver exited at Purcell Boulevard and Fairbanks Drive and drove into a field.
- Investigators report the driver fired at officers multiple times, and a Monument police detective who had followed the pursuit shot and injured him.
- Flight for Life airlifted the suspect to a Colorado Springs hospital, where officials say he is recovering, and the 10th Judicial District Critical Incident Response Team is investigating.