One person is dead and another critically injured following a shooting Tuesday night in the Lorson Ranch area southeast of Colorado Springs in unincorporated El Paso County, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office.

At around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, EPCSO officials said they had responded to reports of shots fired along the 10000 block of Abrams Drive near the intersection of Marksheffel Road and Fontaine Boulevard in unincorporated El Paso County, southeast of Colorado Springs.

The Sheriff’s Office said that when deputies arrived at the scene, they found two men who had been shot.

According to officials, deputies provided life-saving treatment to both men, with one dying from injuries on the scene, and the other transported to a local hospital in critical condition. His status is unknown at this time, EPCSO said. There was a woman at the scene who was unharmed.

Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Kurt Smith said all parties are considered accounted for, and the shooting is believed to be an isolated incident with no active threat to the community. No arrests have been made at this time.

The scene surrounding the home where the incident took place Tuesday evening was quiet Wednesday morning. With no visible crime scene tape or law enforcement present, neighbors were seen participating in the normal activities of suburbia, mowing lawns, riding bikes and walking dogs.

Neighbor TJ Hayes said he was outside in his backyard at the time of the shooting Tuesday evening and didn’t hear anything out of the ordinary.

Hayes told The Gazette he went out to the front of the house when he heard sirens nearby. He said he was surprised to see a heavy law enforcement presence next door.

“By the time we knew anything had happened, there were already a bunch of cops here,” Hayes said.

“We heard the sirens and knew it was pretty close. When we came to the front door, we were like, oh yeah, the sirens are right here.”

Hayes told The Gazette he didn’t know his neighbors well, but that they were acquainted.

“He works, he comes and goes. We’ll see each other and wave, but he mainly kept to himself,” Hayes said.

Lorson Ranch resident Emily Ingersoll was seen walking with her dog, Ash, and daughter Wednesday morning.

Ingersoll said she didn’t hear the shooting Tuesday evening, but knew the incident occurred when the texts began to stream in asking if she was okay.

“I had a few people texting me, saying that there had been a shooting along Abrams and asking if I was okay.  Then we started hearing more sirens,” Ingersoll said.

Ingersoll said while violence is not a stranger in her neighborhood, she and her family still feel safe living in the area; pointing to an incident in May of 2023 in which a neighbor experienced a gunshot hitting her window, and the Lorson Ranch murder-suicide in Dec. 2022.

“Obviously, it doesn’t feel great when something like this happens in the neighborhood, we have a lot of kids living around here,” Ingersoll said.

“We know our neighbors and feel well acquainted with the people around us. I still feel safe here.”