Colorado Springs Officer Shoots Woman After Police Say She Reached for Cruiser Shotgun

Overview

• Officers responded around 10 p.m. Saturday to a disturbance in the 1200 block of Delaware Drive in Colorado Springs.
• Callers reported a man chasing a woman and a possible firearm involved in the incident, according to police.
• CSPD says the woman had a knife, ran from officers, discarded the knife, then entered the front seat of a police cruiser and refused to exit.
• Police report that she reached for the cruiser’s duty shotgun as officers tried to remove her, after which one officer fired at least one shot.
• Officers provided medical aid before transport to a hospital, where she is in serious but stable condition and expected to survive, as the sheriff’s office leads the independent investigation and a CSPD briefing with video is expected within 21 days.