Man fires shots at Colorado officers before fatal police shooting

By Mackenzie Bodell
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Body-camera footage released by the Colorado Springs Police Department Friday shows the man involved in a June 23 shooting fired at law enforcement twice before he was shot and killed by officers.

Police said the incident started with a shots-fired call around 1 a.m. near an apartment complex in the 1400 block of Michelle Court, near South Murray Boulevard . The reporting party told officers a man was “firing a gun into the air.”

On Monday, two Colorado Springs Police Department officers were involved in a shooting near the 1400 block of Michelle Court. Police say the officers were uninjured in the incident and the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene.

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