Tag: shooting
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10-year-old girl shot in arm, man arrested
A 25-year-old man was arrested after allegedly attempting to break into multiple cars and shooting a young girl in the arm. Around 2 a.m. Thursday, Colorado Springs police were sent to the area of 300 Shadow Ridge Grove, near Garden of the Gods Road and North Nevada Avenue, after reports of shots being fired. The…
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Shots fired during home invasion, Colorado Springs police say
A man who broke into an apartment Friday on the city’s north side ran off when gunshots rang out inside the home, police said. The suspect, identified by police as 34-year-old Robert Fusco, threatened to harm the victim while forcing his way into the home at 12500 Toscana Heights. “As officers were enroute, updated information…
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Second teenager charged in Cimarron Hills homicide
El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a second suspect, Simon Botros, 19, in connection with a homicide in Cimarron Hills on July 7, the agency announced on Thursday. Michael Fell, 39, was fatally shot around midnight in the 2300 block of Reed Grass Way. He died despite life-saving attempts by first responders. Botros was charged…
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Longtime feud led to murder inside gated Colorado Springs community, prosecutor says
The former Republican state Senate candidate accused of murdering a person inside his gated Colorado Springs community had a longtime feud he started with an involved neighbor, according to evidence reviewed in court Wednesday. “I was just so fed up,” Timothy Arvidson, 65, is heard saying during a call with his wife while in custody…
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New Year’s murder suspect said she ‘didn’t mean to hurt anybody,’ Colorado Springs detective testifies
A woman who stands accused of being the shooter responsible for a fatal 2025 New Year’s shooting allegedly told Colorado Springs police it was an accident. Colorado Springs police detective Ashton Gardner testified that defendant Brandy Cantu, 27, told him that she didn’t mean to fire off the round that killed 35-year-old Andrea Martinez outside…
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1 injured in shooting at Memorial Park, suspect sought
One person is injured and a suspect remains at large after a shooting in Memorial Park Sunday, law enforcement officials said. The incident took place at about 8:50 p.m. as officers from the Gold Hill division were monitoring a car meetup at the park, police said. The officers responded when they heard gunshots and found…
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3 tied to attempted murder investigation involving wounded Pueblo juvenile
Pueblo police arrested three men who allegedly were part of a mid-August shooting that left a juvenile girl with two gunshot wounds, according to a Thursday news release. Anthony Vigil and Diego Martinez, both 20, are being charged with two counts of first-degree attempted murder after authorities connected them to the shooting, Colorado court records…
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Man seriously injured after overnight shooting in Colorado Springs, suspects sought
Colorado Springs police are looking for suspects involved in an early Friday morning shooting that sent a man to the hospital with serious injuries. The shooting happened around 1:45 a.m. somewhere in or near the 4500 block of Samaritan Loop on the southeast side of the city, according to police. The area is a neighborhood…
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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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Two teens found dead in suspected murder-suicide in Lakewood
An 18-year-old woman and a 16-year-old boy died Monday after a suspected murder-suicide shooting in a Lakewood home. The 18-year-old, who was identified by the Lakewood Police Department as Yorbelis Del Valle Gutierrez-Arenas and by Denver Public Schools officials as Yorbelis Gutiérrez-Arena, was the second North High School student to die from a shooting this…