Overview
- State investigators say a Walsenburg officer discharged a firearm on Jan. 21 while officers tried to take a suspect into custody.
- Officers and Huerfano County deputies found the 43-year-old at the TA Express after a Crowley County BOLO labeled him armed and dangerous, but he drove off when they moved to arrest him.
- A several-mile pursuit followed before the suspect pulled over on Highway 10 near mile marker 43 and was taken into custody.
- CBI has not determined how the suspect was injured, noting possibilities that include a bullet, broken glass, or other causes.
- CBI is leading the inquiry at the request of the Walsenburg Police Department, and no officers were reported injured.