Good Samaritan Shot During Domestic Assault Intervention in Colorado Springs as Police Arrest Suspect
Police say the Nov. 29 confrontation in a South Circle Drive parking lot left one intervenor seriously wounded.
Overview
- Officers responded at 8:37 p.m. on Nov. 29 to a reported felony domestic assault in the 800 block of South Circle Drive.
- Three witnesses tried to stop the parking-lot assault when the suspect, identified as Jovani Martinez Sanches, produced a firearm.
- Sanches fired toward the intervenors as they entered a vehicle, striking one person with a serious but non-life-threatening injury.
- A gunshot victim soon arrived at a local hospital, and investigators determined the hospital report was linked to the South Circle Drive incident.
- Police say Sanches fled but was later found at his workplace and arrested without incident, and officers recovered a firearm as the CSPD investigation continues.