Overview
- Colorado Springs police responding to a late-night burglary call say a man raised a rifle toward officers, and an officer’s gunfire injured an adult man and woman nearby.
- The two people shot in Colorado Springs were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, and the armed man at the scene was taken into custody.
- Authorities have not identified those involved in Colorado Springs and are still determining whether the injured man and woman were suspects.
- In Denver before 2 a.m., officers encountered a burglary suspect who police say lunged with an object resembling a large knife after briefly setting it down, and the man later died at the hospital.
- The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is leading the Colorado Springs inquiry, while Colorado State Patrol and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation are assisting in Denver, and police closed part of South Nevada Avenue during the Springs investigation.