Tag: officer involved shooting
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Teller County shooting suspect, injured state troopers ID’d
Robert Rudolf Richards Jr, 51, of Loveland, was identified as the man killed in a shootout with police after shooting two officers hours earlier, according to a news release by the Teller County Coroner’s Office on Wednesday evening. The shooting prompted a massive law enforcement presence on Tuesday after the suspect fired at a trooper…
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Colorado Springs police officers justified in shooting, wounding man, DA rules
Two Colorado Springs police officers were justified in shooting a suspect who shot and wounded one of the officers and reached for the other officer’s gun, according to a decision letter released Wednesday by the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Officers Daniel Mork and Steven Mibert pursued Michael Foster on Feb. 2 after he exited…
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CSPD officer justified in shooting woman, District Attorney’s Office says
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the definition of a “loaded” shotgun. The shooting of a woman who attempted to grab a loaded duty shotgun in a Colorado Springs police vehicle during a call for service on Jan. 31 was ruled justified by the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, the office announced…
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Pueblo SWAT officers shoot, injure suspect after ‘domestic fight’
Pueblo police shot and wounded a man they say fired at them following a report of a “domestic fight” on Tuesday, according to a news release from the department. Police were dispatched around 3:30 p.m. to the 900 block of Alexander Circle for a report of a fight with weapons, but the suspect left before…
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Coroner releases name of person fatally shot by Pueblo police
The Pueblo County coroner on Friday identified the person fatally shot by Pueblo police on Thursday as Tayshawn R. Redford, 19. The coroner did not release any additional information regarding the incident, which police continue to investigate. The incident began when officers responded to Carousel Lane after receiving reports of a “fight with weapons” at…
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Person shot, killed by Pueblo police following alleged fight in city park
Pueblo police shot and killed a suspect who reportedly brandished a gun as officers approached a van, according to a news release by the department. Officers responded to Drew Dix Park at 12:18 a.m. Thursday after receiving reports of a “fight with weapons,” police said. Three people fled in a van before officers arrived. Police…
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Pueblo man sentenced for shooting at Chaffee County deputies while barricaded
A domestic disturbance that led to Chaffee County deputies exchanging gunfire with a man in early 2025 resulted in him being sentenced to 15 years in prison Wednesday, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Office. Richard Borrego, 55, of Pueblo, barricaded himself in a home near Garfield on Jan. 8, 2025, and fired…
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Alleged drug deal led police to stop man before trading fire, killing him, body cam shows
Limited body-camera footage released Friday from a fatal officer-involved shooting on April 4 revealed that at least one of the three Colorado Springs police officers on the scene questioned whether or not the victim fired his gun. The three officers tried to stop a man, Benjamin Greenfield, 40, for an alleged drug deal inside a…
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Colorado Springs ends police transparency group; some demand a stronger oversight body
Tuesday marked the beginning of the end of the police advisory group Colorado Springs set up in 2020. There was little indication that the city will follow some public demands to create a stronger oversight group in its place. The Colorado Springs City Council voted unanimously to dissolve the Law Enforcement Transparency and Advisory Commission…
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‘Oh (expletive). I’m dead’: DA justifies police shooting that left 2 wounded at Nevada Flats Hotel in Colorado Springs
A Colorado Springs police officer was justified in shooting two people while responding to a report of a break-in at the Nevada Flats Hotel on Nov. 13, the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced Friday. Officer Austin Hornberger fired his gun four times at Joshua “Erick” Duncan, who raised “what appeared to be an AK-47…